FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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religious and cultural similarities
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industrialization and modernization
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geographic size and location
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political and economic instability
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did geography affect both Napoleon’s invasion and Hitler’s invasion of Russia? (1) Deserts made invasion possible. (2) The climate created obstacles to success. (3) The tundra enabled the movements of troops.
Detailed explanation-2: -The invasion of Russia effectively halted Napoleon’s march across Europe, and resulted in his first exile, to the Mediterranean island of Elba.
Detailed explanation-3: -French invasion of Russia, invasion of Russia by Napoleon I’s Grande Armée from October to December in 1812. The French army was forced to retreat after Russian forces refused to engage in battle with them, which resulted in the deaths of more than 400, 000 French soldiers, the vast majority from cold and starvation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The desperate Russians, however, adopted a “scorched-earth” policy: whenever they retreated, they burned the places they left behind. Napoleon’s army had trouble finding supplies, and it grew progressively weaker the farther it marched.