Battle of Borodino

“successes”, Napoleon was actually inimical for France. He not only lost numerous battles that weakened France over time, but created numerous policies that made France less powerful than other nations and even betrayed the fundamental principles that the revolution was based on.   To begin with, Napoleon was defeated in significant battles that weakened France. This is clearly shown in the Battle of Trafalgar. The Battle of Trafalgar took place in 1805 near the southwest coast of Spain and was started

which was Alexander I’s intent that Napoleon underestimated. During the Battle of Borodino, Alexander I was not able to secure Moscow, the holy city, as he was forced to retreat, which enabled Napoleon to move forward into the city. By the time Napoleon reached the Moscow, the city had been destroyed and burned, having nothing to motivate him in Moscow, he was forced to retreat. Although Napoleon may have won the battle at Borodino, he did not gain anything from it as Czar Alexander I always seemed

Napoleon scored a victory against Egypt’s military rulers at the Battle of Pyramids in July 1798. During 1803 and so on he began handing out titles of nobility to his loyal friends and family as his empire continued to expand across much of western and central continental Europe. In 1810 Russia withdrew from the Continental

ground warfare? 2. Describe your research to date on your topic. This topic can only be analyzed by examining Napoleon in action, so I assessed reports and depictions of Napoleon’s actions on the battlefield from battles such as Toulon, The Battle of the Pyramids, Leipzig, Borodino, and Austerlitz. I also examined comparisons of his tactics to previous tactics to deduce why Napoleon was so successful on the battlefield, despite sometimes being at a numerical disadvantage. Finally, I studied a biography

His account focuses heavily on both sides’ tactical successes and failures – from maneuvers in battle to how they handled occupied territory. Before the French surrender, Pierre’s brush with execution becomes a cutting satire of French bureaucracy, which functions so badly that Pierre is nearly executed simply because a general was interrupted while

into a powerful empire. He created a government in France that supported equality and liberty. 1. His men follow him. Be it army or men, French people are extremely loyal to Napoleon. Which is one reason why he is a good leader. Even after the battle of Borodino, which was a disaster, soldiers never blame Napoleon for their defeat. (there are evident of this in one of marshal's memoir). Even after he was banished to Elba, when he came back, and alone, soldiers who were with Louis returned to his side

The Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig involved an exciting alliance that put into the battlefield against Napoleon, close to one million soldiers. This is the most substantial number of Soldiers ever assembled at this time in history. The battle of Leipzig is incorrectly compared to the campaigns of Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo. Similarities are the disposition of forces and how events unfolded on one battlefield among two distinct lines of troops. Each line advanced towards each other

I disagree with Napoleon because the battle of Russia was one of the biggest mistakes he made. This all started when the Russian czar refused to stop selling grain to Britain, so the French and Russian rulers had and idea of each other having competing designs on Poland. In result to this Napoleon decided to invade Russia. In June of 1812 Napoleon and more than 42,000 soldiers left on foot to Russia. The reason why Napoleon had so many soldiers is because they wanted to leave their farms, be recognized

and his army was winning all of the battles in Europe. So why was Napoleon’s campaign of 1812 in Russia such a failure? There had been many reasons why Napoleon had won the battles he was in and there were several reasons why he lost against Russia. First off, some of the places where Napoleon would battle, their countries military was not at a higher advanced level, as Napoleons had been. It is easy to take out a weak army, as Napoleon found. However,

Napoleon highly values his degree of control over his troops, much as a dictator grasps his subjects in a political fist. Napoleon looks on as the French ranks drown in a river in a sort of race to reach the beloved emperor (pg. 609), and after the battle of Borodino, “…saw his justification in the fact that among the hundreds of thousands of men who perished, there were fewer Frenchmen than