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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 ...
Battle of Smolensk on 18 August 1812, by Albracht Adam Berezina. French troops in Studzenke (C. Faber du Faur, 27.11.1812). Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte King of Westphalia (62,000) crossed the Niemen near Grodno on 1 July, [16] and moved towards Bagration's (second western) army.
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. Although the French ultimately captured Moscow, they could.
This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the French invasion of Russia (24 June – 14 December 1812). French invasion of Russia. 500km.
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.
9 lut 2010 · Refusing to engage Napoleon’s superior army in a full-scale confrontation, the Russians under General Mikhail Kutuzov burned everything behind them as they retreated deeper and deeper into...
Napoleon Invades Russia. (4m 20s) tv-pg. When Napoleon invades Russia in 1812, an unexpected adversary brings ruin to his troops.
