The History of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812: Historical Account of the French Invasion of Russia
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Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 is a historical account of the French invasion of Russia which was undertaken by Napoleon to force Russia back into the Continental blockade of the United Kingdom. On 24 June 1812 and the following days, the first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the border into Russia with somewhere around 600,000 soldiers, the opposing Russian field forces amounted to around 180,000-200,000 at this time. Through a series of long forced marches, Napoleon pushed his army rapidly through Western Russia in a futile attempt to destroy the retreating Russian Army of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, winning just the Battle of Smolensk in August. Under its new Commander in Chief Mikhail Kutuzov, the Russian Army continued to retreat employing attrition warfare against Napoleon forcing the invaders to rely on a supply system that was incapable of feeding their large army in the field. The fierce Battle of Borodino, seventy miles west of Moscow, was a narrow French victory that resulted in a Russian general withdrawal to the south of Moscow near Kaluga. On 14 September, Napoleon and his army of about 100,000 men occupied Moscow, only to find it abandoned, and the city was soon ablaze. Napoleon stayed in Moscow for 5 weeks, waiting for a peace offer that never came. Lack of food for the men and fodder for the horses, hypothermia from the bitter cold and guerilla warfare from Russian peasants and Cossacks led to great losses. Three days after the Battle of Berezina, only around 10,000 soldiers of the main army remained. On 5 December, Napoleon left the army and returned to Paris.
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Foord, E. (2022). The History of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812: Historical Account of the French Invasion of Russia. [United States], Musaicum Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Foord, Edward. 2022. The History of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812: Historical Account of the French Invasion of Russia. [United States], Musaicum Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Foord, Edward, The History of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812: Historical Account of the French Invasion of Russia. [United States], Musaicum Books, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Foord, Edward. The History of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812: Historical Account of the French Invasion of Russia. [United States], Musaicum Books, 2022.
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