They conducted a scorched earth withdrawal that deprived Napoleon's of food, fodder and shelter during their retreat beyond Moscow.
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On June 22,1812, when Napoleon invaded Russia, Great Britain, Russia, Sweden and the army of Spanish guerrilla, remained allied against him.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Portugal, United Kingdom, Russia.
Napoleon Bonaparte's allies were Austria, Sweden, Prussia, and Russia
As for Tolstoi, Napoleon loose the campaign of Russia the day he enter this vast country with his army. The strategy of Koutousov after Borodino, was not to stop Napoleon to get into Mosco. In this city, the french army was doomed to desintegrate as a disciplined force, especially after the burning of Moscow. Then, Napoleon had no choice but to retreat. Russian winter and the fierce Kossaqs did the rest.
napoleon did not invade Russia. Yes, actually, he did. The cold Russian Winter defeated Hitler and Napoleon.
Russia's military strategies were much the same as that of their contemporary states Austria and Prussia. When Napoleon invaded Russia, in 1812, they used a scorched earth strategy to defeat him.
Mainly because Napoleon ordered them to.
1812
in 1813, napoleon was defeated in the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig.IMPROVEMENTNapoleon's army was defeated in Russia in the year 1812.
Adolf Hitler, and just like Napoleon, he had to retreat.
Napoleon's invasion of Russia was a complete disaster.
Napoleon's army that invaded Russia was known as Grande Armée. This invasion was the beginning of Napoleon's demise.
No, he invaded Russia due to Czar Alexander breaking his word about sticking with the Continental System, which was a boycott against trading with the British.
From Russia.
June 1812