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Napoleon Bonaparte biggest mistake when he invaded Russia was the army he used was not all French and they had little loyalty to Napoleon (420,000 troops) and since Napoleons army depended on the food of the land Russia used the scorch earth policy and Napoleon and his troops left in the winter, freezing and cold, when they arrived back to France Napoleon was left with 10,000 troops 410k died on the way back.

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Napoleon's biggest mistake was that of refusing to retreat from Moscow after the city was set on fire on Sept. 15-17,1812. The Russian had scorched the earth all around the city for a radius of 150 kilometers. Therefore there were no source of provisions at disposal.

Had he retreated from Moscow until the end of September he would have the opportunity to near the deposits of supplies, gathering the garrisons left behind and shorten the front before the winter had come. But it seemed he was living outside of the reality, lulling himself into the false illusion that the Tsar would have agreed to make the peace accepting the defeat. Therefore some 20 precious and decisive days were lost, with the well known consequences.

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