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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. About this map.
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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 ...
21 wrz 2021 · On 19 January 1812 Napoleon ordered Marshal Davout to occupy Swedish Pomerania, both to enforce the Continental System—which Sweden had been lax in enforcing—and to secure the French flank for the invasion of Russia.
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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. LC copy imperfect: Laminated, probably prepared as a book illustration.
French invasion of Russia, (June 24–December 5, 1812), invasion of the Russian Empire by Napoleon I’s Grande Armée. The Russians adopted a Fabian strategy, executing a prolonged withdrawal that largely denied Napoleon a conclusive battle.