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7 wrz 2021 · In June 1812, having amassed a Grande Armée of over 400,000 men, Napoleon crossed the Niemen river into Russia. However, the Russians refused to give the French Emperor the decisive battle he desired and instead retreated eastwards into the country’s vast interior.
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The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized: Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian ...
Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (24 June 1812) - French invasion of Russia: In June 1812, having amassed a Grande Armée of over 400,000 men, Napoleon crossed the Niemen river into Russia.
Shows invasion "Route of Napoleon to Moscow" (Königsberg to Moscow) and route of "Retreat from Moscow". Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
22 mar 2019 · The Frenchman Charles-Joseph Minard’s figurative maps of the French army’s loss during Napoleon’s campaign against Russia in 1812-13 is one of the field’s classics.
21 wrz 2021 · In March 1812 the Austrians agreed to supply 30,000 men to support a French invasion of Russia. In return Napoleon guaranteed the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and promised to restore the Illyrian provinces to Austria in exchange for Galicia, which was to be given to a reconstituted Poland.
13 paź 2024 · The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian campaign, began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian Army.