Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte
Adolf Hitler was a German Nazi leader born in the year 1889 and died in April 1945, whereas Napoleon Bonaparte was a French ruler and military leader born in the year 1769 and died in 1821. The two leaders were comparable in many ways, but they were also different. The two leaders were equally skeptic, opportunistic, and capable of manipulating others without any overtly malevolent intentions, to start with their personalities and styles of leadership. They both responded to criticism poorly, if at all, and listened to almost no one but themselves, which ultimately caused them both to bring catastrophe upon themselves and their nations. The two were emotionally incredibly unique characters; Hitler never had a real comrade or even the least emotional attachment, except for one woman. Conversely, Napoleon was fairly compassionate while at home, he had a deep love for Josephine, and also had adoration for Marie-Louise, his second wife, and the King of Rome, their son. He had, on various occasions, genuine attachments to the majority, for instance, his brothers, the school chums such as Hughes Nardon, and even some officers like Berthier and Junot (Englund, 159).
Differences in Leadership Styles
The two leaders were different in their leadership styles in that Nazism was Hitler as he was never a state servant or leader, himself, he was the state as it turned out to be progressively more of private into his authority. The mercurial will of the Fuehrer was capable of, and in fact, it did nullify the day to day decisions and policies. And hitherto strangely, there may be a view of him as merely, the mass movement personification. Hitler and his rule were of permanent upheaval and misdemeanor. The authority of the French Imperial, however, rested partially in the Emperor, the Senate, the Council of the State, and even to some extent in the individuals, in the figure of plebiscites (Englund, 160). Sincerely speaking, Napoleon was a man of the people; that is the servant of his country.
Anachronistic Nature and Differences in Worldviews
The major insurmountable predicament of the Hitler-Napoleon image is its anachronistic nature. Napoleon, even though was an eighteenth-century ruler, in a variety of ways was modern, for instance, in the method, he organized his state power, the means he established a regime, on the stylish consent appearance. In simple terms, Napoleon was a liberal as he hunted through the command of the rule, to evade the insightful political inconsistency. Unlike Hitler, Napoleon’s application of the state talk was rational; it never drew its sources from one against the other, other than relatively from the Roman-universalist perception. He sought to bring people together under one European structure and do away with the obstacles of odious peculiarities regarding race and doctrine. While for Hitler, his ways were the severe consequence of decades of chauvinism, of unraveling the world into races and social orders, based on specious schemes of nuance.
Differences in Treatment of People and Repression
In Germany under Hitler’s leadership, there were always many police operations such as seizures of pamphlets and arms, arrests, and closures, now and then directed at the racial enemies and opponents. On the other hand, the Napoleon regime never carried out any repression to the people to such an extent for he was never for such ideas. He was always diplomatic in his moves and considered the consequences of the outcome not like Hitler who only cared for himself.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Napoleon was far much a better leader that Hitler. He worked to serve his people and not for personal pleasures like in Hitler’s case. Napoleon wanted a better world where there is equality and not discrimination of any kind, while his counterpart wanted to own the world, to bring it under its powers and divide people on race and castes. Napoleons leadership style calls for admiration and practice, while that for Hitler should not even appear anywhere in the world as it can wipe off all humanity.
Works Cited
Englund, Steven. "Napoleon and Hitler." Ã’z â” D3js Data Visualization, Mar. 2006, ssz.fr/brdl/napoleon-hitler.pdf.
