What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is listed among the most lethal military operations in world history. A serious research on losses in the Russian campaign is given by Thierry Lentz. On the French side the toll is around 200 000 dead (half in combat and the rest from cold hunger or disease) and 150 000 to 190 000 prisoners who fell in captivity. Hay has argued that the destruction of the Dutch contingent of the Grande Armée was not a result of th…
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC) also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon the Grande Armée of France defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Emperor Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (modern-day Slavkov u Brna in the
The Decembrist revolt (Russian: Восстание декабристов romanized: Vosstanie dekabristov lit. 'Uprising of the Decembrists') took place in Russia on 14 December [O.S. 26 December] 1825 during the interregnum following the sudden death of Tsar Alexander I. Alexander s heir apparent Constantine had privately declined the succession unknown to the court and his younger ...
In June 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with 600 000 troops—a force twice as large as the Russian regular army. Napoleon hoped to inflict a major defeat on the Russians and force Alexander to sue for peace. As Napoleon pushed the Russian forces back however he became seriously overextended.
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