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Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom at the start of the War of the Third Coalition, although never carried out, was a major influence on British naval strategy and the fortification of the coast of South East England.
Napoleon's plans to invade Britain failed due to the inferiority of his navy, and in 1805, Lord Nelson's fleet decisively defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar, which was the last significant naval action of the Napoleonic Wars.
2 dni temu · Most importantly, in October 1805 Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar, thereby preventing an invasion of Britain. Napoleon, however, inflicted serious military defeats on the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians and invaded Spain.
17 lut 2011 · For more than a decade, Britain faced the prospect of invasion by Napoleon. But how real was the threat and what defensive preparations did the British make?
The Napoleonic Wars were a time of shortage and political unrest in Britain. The government feared political radicalism and revolutionary ideas and used spies and informers to gather...
Russia, however, did not attack, instead choosing to form the Sixth Coalition, cemented by a secret alliance between Russia and Sweden in March 1812, and also included Britain and rebel Spain. In May 1812 Napoleon took command of the multinational Grande Armee assembled in POland and on 24-25 June crossed the Niemen into Russian territory.
The generation born in Great Britain during the latter years of the eighteenth century grew up with the threat of invasion hanging continually over their heads. For 14 years, from 1797 to 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte threatened to pass over into England.
