Napoleon Bonaparte

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himself to be invincible and God-like. He felt that he had a destiny to be one of the greatest military leaders to ever live. The man thought that he could not be killed on the battle field, he was right. He went from a soldier to the Emperor of France in just ten short years; he fell in less than three.

Napoleon led an army of six-hundred-thousand men into Russia (Reihn 159). Napoleon was always very concerned about his soldiers and made sure that they were well taken care of (Segur 58 ). Napoleon attacked Russia from the Neims River on June 24, 1812. As soon as they crossed the Neims, a Cossack surprised them and questioned them. They said they were French and that they had come to make war with Russia. Some of the soldiers chased the Cossack into the forest and fired at him (Segur 68). This made Napoleon very angry. They slept on the bank of the Neims with their weapons in hand. Napoleon also issued a fire ban so that they would be undetected by their enemy. There was a great ...

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a plan to defeat the Russians. The Russians lost a third of their men. When Napoleon finally reached Moscow, it was on fire. All supplies and shelter were gone and he had no choice but to return back home with his remaining 100,000 men (Reihn 229). The attack on Russia had failed.

Once Napoleon knew that he had lost in Russia he went back to France to raise a new army. He arrived before Christmas in 1812. He knew that Alexander would try to crush him

(Corley 117). Alexander wanted to settle the score with France. In the spring of 1813 the fighting began. Napoleon and the Tsar reached a breathing point allowing both to build up their armies. Napoleon’s army grew to ...

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