Napoleon in Russia: A Multi-Faceted Historical View

The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian Campaign, is a campaign undertaken by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte with the goal to force Russia back into the Continental blockade of the United Kingdom. In June 1812 the first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the border into Russia with somewhere around 600,000 soldiers. After around six months, only around 10,000 soldie...