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   18 hours ago · The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign ( French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 ( Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized : Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda ), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with ...

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   Did Napoleon defeat the Russian army at Smolensk and Borodino?

   • Worse still, while Napoleon defeated the Russian Army at Smolensk and Borodino, it did not produce a decisive result for the French and each time left Napoleon with the dilemma of either retreating or pushing deeper into Russia.

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   Who wrote Napoleon's invasion of Russia?

   • Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-681-3. Nafziger, George (2021). "Rear services and foraging in the 1812 campaign: Reasons of Napoleon's defeat" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2006-12-09. Napoleon-1812 (2021). "Napoleon-1812". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017.

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   Why was the Russian invasion called the Great Patriotic War?

   • By the time Napoleon left Moscow to begin his infamous retreat, the Russian campaign was doomed. The invasion by Germany was called the Great Patriotic War by the Soviet government, to evoke comparisons with the victory by Alexander I over Napoleon's invading army.

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   How did Napoleon fight the Russians?

   • Napoleon initially met little resistance and moved quickly into the enemy's territory in spite of the transport of more than 1,100 cannons, being opposed by the Russian armies with more than 900 cannons. But the roads in this area of Lithuania were actually small dirt tracks through areas of birched woodland and marshes.

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