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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 ...
24 sie 2023 · Napoleon invaded Russia on 24 June 1812 but suffered heavy losses as the Russians engaged in a war of attrition. Napoleon won the Battle of Borodino and captured Moscow but was forced to retreat through the deadly Russian winter.
Napoleon, whose march from Vilnius to Vitsyebsk had failed to separate the two Russian armies, now turned southeastward, crossing the Dnieper in the night of August 13–14, 1812. On August 14 an engagement at Krasnoe (Krasny) left Barclay in no doubt of his intentions.
Rosjanie opuścili Wilno 28 czerwca 1812 roku. Napoleon I spróbował rozdzielić dwa rosyjskie korpusy Bagrationa i Barclaya de Tolly'ego, które w pierwszej fazie wojny znajdując się w nieustannym odwrocie uchodziły prawie bez strat, unikając rozstrzygnięć militarnych.
22 cze 2012 · A brutally cold battle in Russia during the French invasion. Napoleon’s goal was to win a quick victory that forced Alexander to the negotiating table. The Russians pulled back, however, and let...
When the remnants of the Grande Armée finally marched into Moscow on September 14, 1812, the scene was eerily anticlimactic. Napoleon had envisioned a triumphant entry into the Russian capital, complete with a formal surrender by Tsar Alexander I.
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, also known as the Second Polish War or, in Russia, as the Patriotic War of 1812, was a campaign undertaken by French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his 615,000-man Grande Armée against the Russian Empire.
