Napoleon's++Invasion+of+Russia,+1812

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<[|http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~jrubarth/gslis/lis385t.16/Napoleon/]>   >  > . >  **1) 1807**
 * napolen's invansion of russia, 1812 James Rubarth-Lay. Saturday, October 5, 1997
 * The russian campaign
 * napolen's invasion of russia, 1996-2000 interknoledge corp
 * Clodfelter, Micheal (1992). //Warfare and Armed Conflicts//. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Warfare and Armed Conflicts by Micheal Clodfelter
 * "French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1789–1815)." __Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War__. Detroit: Gale, 2008. __Gale Virtual Reference Library__. Gale. Trial Site Database. 1 Dec. 2008
 * "Russia, Napoleon's Invasion of." __Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests: From Ancient Times to the Present__. Ed. Paul Davis. 2nd ed. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2006. 219-222. __Gale Virtual Reference Library__. Gale. Trial Site Database. 1 Dec. 2008
 * Napoleons Invasion of Russia, 1812, Bullited facts by the year **
 * In early 1807, a winter campaign culminated in the battle of Friedland and the death of nearly half of the Russian army
 * Napolen attempted to take back Tscar Alexander's power under him again
 * Treaty of Tilsit stops France and Russia from going to war
 * 2) 1809**
 * British economy fails causing Framces economy to be very poor
 * Napolen used indirect way of tactic to close Europe to British trade,
 * Napoleon annexes lots of Germanic states all the way up to the Elbe river
 * Napoleion does not help Alexander the Great
 * 1810-1812**


 * 3) Napoleon prepares to make the Grand Armee**
 * Consists of french and french allied soilders
 * Grand Armee was French army created by napolen in 1805
 * Moreover, this army led significant victories from wars among Prussia, Austria, and Russia
 * Allies include Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Italy, Poland, and Spain
 * Estimated 610,000 Soilders total, only half were french
 * 4) Russian Army**
 * 23 Infantry regiments, 10 Calvalery regiments
 * Calvary includes 8 altilery bateries, 6 horse drawn altilery companies
 * 900,000 total troops, 500,000 Field troops
 * 240,000 troops and 943 field guns on western front by June of 1812
 * 3 Armies
 * First Army= General M. B with 127,000 men, deployed northward, Saint Petersburg
 * Second Army= General Prince P. I with 45,000-48,000 men, deployed tword center, between the Neiman and Bug rivers north of the Pripet marshes
 * Third Army= General A. P. Tormasov with 43,000-45000 men, deployed southward, Keiv
 * He had a few smaller armies positioned for flanking
 * Russia signs a treaty with Turkey, Britian, and Sweeden
 * 5)Crossing the Niemen**
 * The invansion commenced on June 24,1812.
 * Napolen had sent a final offer of peace to Saint Peterburg - however, there was no reply
 * Napolen decided to conquer Russin poland - french, Napoleons army, used little resistance and proceeded quickly into russian territory
 * The french coalition of forces( 449,000 men, 1146 cannon) vs russian armies(153,000 men, 938 cannon, and 15,000 Cossacks, allies of russia).
 * French focused on kovno. Also, crossings were made by the french guards(1,2,3).
 * Napolen was the leader of this site.
 * However, french suffered by marches of corps and rear formations
 * Russians slowly start to retreat
 * This is picture of battle between french and Russia ( I got this picture from movie "Russia invasion")**


 * 6) First Battle**
 * The battle of Mogilev, 23 July 1812
 * French General Davout with 24,000 to 28,000 men versus Russian leader Bagration with 48,000 to 60,000 men
 * Davout stopped Russian armies from joining togather
 * Though he had less men Davout held a strong position and the russians chargen and were massacred
 * Total of 4,000 Russian deaths and only 1,000 French deaths
 * 7) Napoleon tries to take saint petersburg**
 * July 26, 1812
 * General Oudinot for the french takes his men to Saint Petersburg
 * They were stopped by the Russians at Kliatstitsy
 * They had to retreat back to Polotsk
 * After they reached Polotsk they were renforced by another french general and his army
 * They were unable to advance any further from Polotsk so Polotsk bacame a major strategic point for Napoleon
 * 8) Kutuzov abandons Smolensk**
 * Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745–1813) was a Russian military leader and governor who served gallantly during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), but he earned notoriety for successfully opposing Napoleon during the French invasion of Russia in 1812.
 * July 29 napoleon rests his troops for several days
 * Russians had 120,000 to 130,000 men and the French had 175,000 to 250,000 men
 * The battle was of 50,000 French men against 60,000 Russian men
 * The French expected peasants to welcome them as liberators, but instead they cooperated with the Tsar's orders
 * The French only capture a few suburbs then the russians retreated and set fire to the city
 * Because of the fire, shelter and stocks being in short supply
 * As a result, french armies were exhausted
 * 9) Withdrawal from Moscow**
 * At the Polotsk, communications were threatened by Count Ludwig Adolf Wittgenstein army
 * At the Brest Litovsk, the russiuan army south of the Pipet marshes moved west and threatened the French flank
 * Because of small amount of food supplies and shelters, French armies were exhausted
 * Depredations on logistics and communication was caused by Russian skirmishing forces
 * Naploen couldn't get the satisfaction of a response from Czar Alexander
 * As a result, after 5 weeks, napolen decided to evacuate Moscow
 * On 22 october 1812, the Russian capital was liberated by russian forces
 * When napolen reached Moscow, there was no one at that moment ( we usually called "empty victory")
 * 10) Battle of maloyaroslavets**
 * Napolen tried to proceed towards south west through Russian country side
 * that means napolen chose to get supplies from warm and better areas of south path
 * Kutuzov misunderstood french corps that commanded by General Delzons
 * Maloyaroslavets found the city defended by Docturov's army
 * Maloyaroslavets determined fight against Grand Armee. Latter, he withdrew to the village of kaluga
 * 5000 French armies including Delzons greatly damaged 6000 Russian armies called Eugene
 * 11) French Southern Movement is Deflected**
 * Although French got lots of victories from tactics, Russians achieved favored battles from their strategies
 * The french system of logistics had totally collapsed
 * Because of Russian's plunder and great distance, French armies suffered by starve and cold winter
 * At that moment, Russian armies consisted of 110,000 to 120,000men, that consisted of Tshitshagov's army and Wittgenstein's army.
 * French forced to give up artillery pieces by reduced provisions and weaken horses
 * picture of snowstorm**


 * 12) Snow**
 * At 4 November, 1812, cold weather and snow prevented the french retreat
 * French armies suffered by hunger and weak clothing
 * Moreover, they were harassed by russian armies - defended by a magnificient fighting rearguard led by Marshal Ney, the French struggled on
 * All decipline broke down when the French armies arrived the supply depots in Smolensk
 * At that moment, Davout's rear-guard was defeated. After Naplen realized that he doesn't have no more choices, he continued to retreat out from Russia
 * 13) Krasnoi (Krasnye, Krasnoye, Krasnoai)**
 * At the Krasnoi, the Russian army attacked and confided French army.
 * Napolean commanded Davout and the young guard to drive off Kutuzov's 5000 troops
 * During one month fighting, 90,000 French army and 500 cannons captured by Russia
 * French lost 5,000 men and Russia lost 8,000 men
 * 14) Borisov on the Berezina**
 * In mid-November, C.Victor and G.St- Cyr's troops from Polotsk joined
 * They and imperial guard decided to disintegrate Grand Armee
 * In between Tshitshagov or Chitchagov, Napolean was trapped, when he reached the Berezina river near Borisov
 * 60,000 to 64,000 Russian army joined and 25,000 and 33,000 French army joined
 * Marshal Oudinot and the French engineers used pontoon bridges across the river as their military tactics
 * French aspected blood panic at the bridge by Tshitshagov's guns
 * By the 27th, Only victor's IX corps holding the rear guard, with 10,000 remaining troops
 * Through the support of french artillery on the west bank, victor attacked 40,000 Russians to his rear
 * Frenches were captived, drowned and massacred by Cossacks at the bridges
 * At that moment, over 30,000 french men died and over 10,000 russian men died
 * This graphic depicts the decline in Napoleon's forces as they invaded and retreated from Russia . Freezing temperatures and lengthy marches clearly took a heavy toll.**


 * 15) Napolean abandons the army**
 * 400,000 Grand Amree army reduced to a rabble of 10,000 starving, freezing men
 * At that moment, Napolean left the army at 5 december to take care about rising coup plot. Also, at the moment, he thought about raising another arm before war's rumor spread.
 * As a result, he abandoned army and spent home
 * Russian also abandoned pursuit because they were also suffered by cold and lack of supplies
 * As a result, " Patrioitic of War of 1812" was over
 * 16) 1813**
 * Denouement**
 * After Napolen's great failure, the former allies were encouraged to rebel
 * The countried that he had counquered quickly rose against him
 * Both the Prussians and the Austrians rebeled against Napolen. However, they signed treaties with Russia
 * The French retreated across the Elbe in the face of rebellion by the Prussians and Austrians
 * 17) 1814**
 * Defeat and failure**
 * The unite of European countries formed him and defeated him in 1814 at Leipzig in the Battle of Nations
 * Napolen went to exile to in Elba

This campaign proved downfall of Napolen's power. However, Russia emerged more powerful than ever from the Napoleonic era. As a result, internal tensions began to erupt.
 * What proved after Napolen failed to invade Russia?**

For the invasion of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte assembled the largest army seen in Europe. More than 650,000 men from France and its allies, backed by 1000 cannons, marched through Eastern Europe and into Russia ready to teach Tsar Alexander a lesson. However, after war, only 10,000 french army survivied.
 * Then, what point reflected Napolen's downfall?**

Most of all, they got most of their victories from land feature such as cold winter. Actually, because of this, Russians didn't lost lots of armies than French. Morover, in my opinion, peasant's obedience also contibuted to Russia's victory
 * Then, what was the greatest tactic of Russia?**


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