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Security of Napoleon's empire depended on removing the British threat and he wasn't happy with Russia's backdoor shenanigans and so in eighteen twelve, Napoleon decided to go to war. He gathered together the most massive army Europe had ever seen.
Napoleon’s invasion of Russia is one of the greatest military failures in history. Though Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had yet seen, the staggering losses on this campaign would ultimately cost him his empire. Watch our documentary on the disastrous campaign: https://youtu.be/byH2WhzXjcQ
5 dni temu · Through dramatic reconstructions and expert commentary, this historical war documentary traces Napoleon’s fateful 1812 campaign into Moscow, a devastating chapter in military history that led...
As one history professor aptly put it, “Charles XII tried it, Napoleon tried it, Hitler tried it… It never seems to work out invading Russia.”
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 ...
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...
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.
