Napoleon invaded Russia in June of 1812. On September 7 of that year, the Grande Armée under Napoleon’s command attacked the Russian army near the village of Borodino. Napoleon won the battle, the ...
In October 1813 Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove to be the decisive battle of his career. Outnumbered, ...
In 1813, Napoleon faced the full force of the Coalition at Leipzig. Outnumbered and surrounded, he gambled everything in a battle that would decide the fate of Europe ...