downfall began in 1812 when he decided to invade Russia.
Russians refuse to stay in the continental system, making Napoleon having to invade.
He knew the risks of fighting a big country, but if he didn't punish Russia , if he didn't then others with follow suit
Napoleon's hopes depended on a quick victory over the Russian
but the Russians refused to do battle.
they retreated instead
they burned their own villages and countryside to keep Napoleon's army from finding food.
Napoleon's forces won an indecisive victory (it cost lives)
Napoleon led the "Great Retreat"
Thousands of soldiers starved and froze along the way.
That disaster led other European states to rise up
Paris got captured and Napoleon was sent into exile on the island of Elba
Restored monarchy to France in the person of Louis the XVIII (brother of Louis XVI)
the King had little support
The French or Napoleon didn't want to give up
he left Elba and slipped back into France.
Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia again pledged to defeat Napoleon
Napoleon raised another French army of devoted veterans
readied an attack on the allied troops
Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat
they exiled him to St. Helena where he stayed until his death
Russians refuse to stay in the continental system, making Napoleon having to invade.
He knew the risks of fighting a big country, but if he didn't punish Russia , if he didn't then others with follow suit
Napoleon's hopes depended on a quick victory over the Russian
but the Russians refused to do battle.
they retreated instead
they burned their own villages and countryside to keep Napoleon's army from finding food.
Napoleon's forces won an indecisive victory (it cost lives)
Napoleon led the "Great Retreat"
Thousands of soldiers starved and froze along the way.
That disaster led other European states to rise up
Paris got captured and Napoleon was sent into exile on the island of Elba
Restored monarchy to France in the person of Louis the XVIII (brother of Louis XVI)
the King had little support
The French or Napoleon didn't want to give up
he left Elba and slipped back into France.
Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia again pledged to defeat Napoleon
Napoleon raised another French army of devoted veterans
readied an attack on the allied troops
Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat
they exiled him to St. Helena where he stayed until his death