Why is Napoleon regarded as one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, considering he lost the war he started?
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He won most battles he fought, including war after war after war accross two decades. He caused the whole world to change their military tactics to match his. And even most of his losses weren’t especially bad and were quite close.
Russia was a disaster for logistics reasons not battles.
Leipzig should have left most of his army intact, but a misunderstood order resulted in only one bridge.
Spain lost when he wasn’t there.
Also the architect of his downfall was Bernadotte, his one time rival become (very randomly) king of Sweden and one of the greatest if most underrated commanders of all time. He was the one who finally convinced the allies to adopt the winning strategy that led to Leipzig and Napoleons fall.
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