He wanted housing for workers and their families, and public gardens open to all. Napoleon III led several military campaigns. In the Crimean War (1854-1856), France allied itself with Britain and the Ottoman Empire against Russia, and won a victory that gave it an important place in Europe.
Napoleon III, nephew and heir of Napoleon I, effected stringent censorship and other measures to silence his critics.
He later relaxed these measures. He reconstructed Paris, under the authority of Baron Haussmann. He also modernized the French banking system.
