Napoleon planned to conquer Russia simply by just defeating the Russian army by invading Russia. However, the Russians kept retreating and used their homeland to their advantage, even by treating it poorly. They torched the Earth and set fire to forests and cities which distracted, killed, and threw the French off course. Once the French reached Moscow, they were welcomed by ruins and fires as the Russians set their own capital on fire. They were then trapped here for the winter.
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He won individual battles but he never conquered Russia.
He tried to conquer Russia.
The cold plains
Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria.
ITALY
He won individual battles but he never conquered Russia.
He tried to conquer Russia.
Army of Napoleon stopped its invasion in Russian Empire with the heavy losses for Napoleon's Army.
Portugal, United Kingdom, Russia.
Russia's harsh seasons and their plan to burn the route the French chased them, helped Russia to prevent attacks. Russia is so large in size that alkjsdflkajdslkfjalkjdsflkjasd
The Winter weather.
He wanted to conquer it all and become supreme ruler.
He wanted to conquer it all and become supreme ruler.
The cold plains
Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria.
England/Prussia and Russia. Napoleon lost to the superior British navy under the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. Napoleon lost his land based army while attempting to conquer Russia. Considered one of the greatest tactical blunders in European military history, Napoleon led his vast army through the abandoned land that the Russians had burned in their "scorched earth" retreat. Napoleon's starving and freezing army made it all the way to a deserted Moscow diminished and humiliated with a long walk home.