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The Defeat of Napoleon in Russia-
Title: The Defeat of Napoleon in Russia-
Category: History
Details: Words: 1148 | Pages: 4.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Defeat of Napoleon in Russia-
The Defeat of Napoleon in Russia-
The Campaign of 1812 should have been a another crusade for
Napoleon, but he now faced 2 new policies that he had never faced
before, the severe Russian winter and the notorious scorched-earth
policy. On June 23, 1812 Napoleon's Grande Armee, over 500,000 men
strong, poured over the Russian border. An equal amount of Russian
forces awaited them. The result of the campaign was a surprise. Two
authors, General carl von Clausewitz and Brett …showed first 75 words of 1148 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1148 total…Campaign of 1812 to Russia. However,
Napoleon did not lose the war out of military errors but of a simple
miscalculation - a miscalculation that was made by Hitler a century
later. Napoleon believed that if he occupied Moscow, the Russian
government would collapse and he would rule Europe with little
opposition. But as history reveals, this tactic does not work and
Napoleon is defeated, paving the way for other nations to deny
Napoleon's lust for power.
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