FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
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waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter.
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splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides.
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making an alliance with Egypt, which launched an attack on Turkey to draw Napoleon out of Russia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Russians defeated Napoleon’s superior Grand Army by retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Several critical factors, most significantly the insufficient access to resources, unfamiliar, freezing terrain, and the strategic efforts of the French military leaders, influenced the defeat of Napoleon by the Russians in 1812.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon’s French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon’s imperial power forever.