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Inwazja na Rosję (1812) lub wojna 1812 roku – wojna I Cesarstwa Francuskiego i jego sojuszników z Imperium Rosyjskim trwająca od 24 czerwca do 25 grudnia 1812 roku. Celem inwazji Napoleona na Rosję było utrzymanie blokady kontynentalnej Wielkiej Brytanii , lecz wojna znacznie przyczyniła się do losu wojen napoleońskich i przyszłej ...
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.
30 cze 2017 · About 30,000 died within weeks. Napoléon had drawn his troops from across his empire. La Grande Armée included soldiers from France but also Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Some 50,000 comprised the Army of Italy; about 2,500 of them— 5 percent—survived.
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.
Over 400,000 French and Allied troops died on the disastrous Russian campaign, with the vast majority of the casualties occuring during the frigid winter retreat. Adam Zamoyski tells their story...
