FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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France and Spain
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Austria and Hungary
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England and Russia
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Poland and Portugal
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Detailed explanation-1: -From 1803 to 1805 Napoleon had only the British to fight; and again France could hope for victory only by landing an army in the British Isles, whereas the British could defeat Napoleon only by forming a Continental coalition against him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleonic France directly annexed territories in the Low Countries and western Germany, applying revolutionary legislation in full. Satellite kingdoms were set up in other parts of Germany and Italy, in Spain, and in Poland.
Detailed explanation-3: -The famous map depicts the advance (tan) and disastrous retreat (black) of Napoleon’s Grande Armee through Russia. On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French.
Detailed explanation-4: -The coast had few permanent defences either. Apart from Dover Castle and a couple of crumbling Tudor forts, Kent and Sussex had no military strong points. The defences were so weak that General Bonaparte and his army would almost certainly be in London within five days of coming ashore.