Napoleon tries to finish of Russia

Added: 2026-05-25

Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, which assembled the largest army Europe had ever seen (the Grande Armée of over 600,000 soldiers), became a catastrophic failure due to the Russian army's scorched earth policy, the abandoned and burned city of Moscow, harsh winter conditions, and relentless harassment by Russian forces, resulting in the loss of approximately 600,000 soldiers and marking the beginning of Napoleon's decline.