compare and contrast The functioning of Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte
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There is a huge difference between a murderous psychopath and a patriotic ambitious leader. Napoleon would always be seen in more sympathetic view in history than Hitler and his cohorts. The differences are too important to compare these people in the same context.
Napoleon used state powers to emancipate people like jews and others from the tyranny while Hitler only used to achieve his failed objective of exterminating Jews, homosexuals, Slavs, gypsies,etc in the form of final solution.
Hitler is a classic example of benefit of possessing good oratory skills while Napoleon is valued for his virtues like bravery, out of box thinking,etc.
Napoleon came into prominence when the French revolution was facing an existential crisis while Hitler just played to the gallery during the period of great depression in order to capture power in 1933 and his way of achieving power only served a black spot of democracy, which is considered a good political system in many nations.
For all his reputation of subverting the fruits of french revolution into tyranny, Napoleon caused spreading of the values of the French Revolution to other countries, especially in legal reform and the abolition of serfdom and created a merit-favoring, codified legal system known as Napoleonic Code. While Hitler's best contribution to the world is just the concept of Autobahn(Popularized the thought of having cars) and promotion of bans on smoking.
Napoleon was renowned for his efforts to end discrimination against Jews not only in France but also in his colonies through various laws. In the case of Hitler, his vitriolic hatred for Jews ensured that the community would still suffered in Germany and Nazi-occupied territories even in the absence of legally framed plans like "Final Solution".
Napoleon is still considered a hero in France due to his heroic role during the revolutionary wars where his brilliant tactics saved the French revolution from the royal counter-attacks of Austria,Prussia and Britain who encouraged Louis XVI to fight back. In the case of Hitler, one could easily get an idea about Hitler's image in his adopted nation where the successive governments have framed laws to complete the process of Denazification and is heavily criticized by Germans for leading their nation towards shame, destruction and the partition of Germany for 45 years.
Napoleon is valued by many military people for his tactics and outstanding campaigns while Hitler serves as a case study of consequence of not listening to your generals and applying heart in the matters to be deal with mind. (Even JL Nehru is similar to Hitler in this matter)
In the case of invasion of Russia, Napoleon scores over Hitler since he at least captures the famed Moscow and only the bitter Russian Winter and scorched earth policy of Tsar Alexander made his campaign a failure. Hitler could not even capture Volgograd(Stalingrad during WWII) which is akin to situation like one could not capture Panipat and dreams of conquering Delhi.
Napoleon's aims were progressive in nature while Hitler was just trying to enforce the conservative ideas of his era which makes him a hero in many right-wing parties.
For the soldier's perspective, one could say only one quote:- "Napoleon spent his troop's lives, Hitler wasted his troop's lives."
Napoleon was at least brave enough to face punishment for his deeds in form of exiles in Elba and St. Helena while Hitler committed suicide like a desperate coward to avoid retributions from Stalin's red army or face probable war trials in Nuremberg.