because the russian forces adopted a "scorched earth" strategy, destroying any supplies that the french might have used.
French invasion of Russia happened on 1812-12-14.
It was a disaster for the French Army.
They followed the same blueprint for failure. Both failed to defeat the Russians.
Alexander I
Army of Napoleon stopped its invasion in Russian Empire with the heavy losses for Napoleon's Army.
Failure.
Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812. An undertaking that means sure failure if the invasion was still in progress when the winter weather hits.
To my knowledge, There was never a planned invasion of Soviet Russia by the US.
Operation Torch had nothing to do with Russia. It was the American and British invasion of Morocco and Algeria, which were controlled by Vichy France (the German-friendly French government set up after France was defeated in 1940). The invasion happened November 8th-16th, 1942.
Napoleon's invasion of Russia was stopped by the bad winter
invasion (feminine)
His invasion of Russia was disastrous. He lost 6,000,00+ men due to guerrilla tactics and the harsh Russian winter.