After the start of the Napoleonic wars, the English soon started helping their old ally, Austria. Napoleon first tried to settle an alliance with Italy to assure a fully victory possibility. The Italian state was declining, and that was it chance of glory recover. Italy had one of the greatest fleets in the world, and the most advanced naval military technology, giving it and great advance. Napoleon's weakness was the sea. He had an amazing army, in measure and tactics, but he hadn't a strong navy. By with Italian help, Napoleon was able to conquer Europe and England, in exchange to get out of the Napoleonic Wars, won Holland.