In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany, Italy and several other allied states.

What does Russia want from me? You know it’s easy to start a war but it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest advisors, Napoleon invaded Russia.

Napoleon's invasion of Russia ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow in 1812. His Grande Armee of 400,000 men was thought to be unbeatable and he himself had anticipated a rapid victory.

Napoleon's favourite general has been formally ... was hit by a cannonball near the city of Smolensk during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He had to have his leg amputated and died three ...

A poster portraying the “Second Patriotic War” as World War I was known in Russia. (Napoleon’s 1812 invasion was Russia’s first “patriotic war.”) Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II ...

This is the first comprehensive history of the campaign that determined control of Germany following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia. Michael V. Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, ...

To defeat Russia, Napoleon marched his soldiers deep into Poland. WOLOCH: Napoleon’s justification is that you always have to take the war to your adversaries and you have to defeat them ...

The Night Bivouac of Napoleon's Army during retreat from Russia in 1812, by Vasily Vereshchagin A snow-caked cluster of troops after the ruinous invasion of Russia. By the end of the French ...