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If I'm not mistaken, Napoleon is still relatively revered in France today. Is that true? If so, why? I don't see any shared values between the expansionistic, imperialistic Napoleon and the pro-republican, relatively non-militaristic French people of today.

by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians

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