![]() ![]() He believed a swift invasion would compel Russia to remain in France’s economic and political orbit, enforce a territorial buffer zone between him and his rivals, and thus humiliate hostile powers enough that they never threatened him again. By 1812, unresolved territorial disputes triggered an all-out war, with Napoleon seeking a short conflict. Russia – weakened economically by this association with France – decided to withdraw from France’s orbit. So let’s go back to 1810, two years before the invasion. Napoleon Bonaparte’s approach to warfare – those attributes that made him so feared – can help us to understand a very modern conflict in Europe: that in Ukraine.įollowing the release of a new biopic of the French emperor, one particular campaign stands out: the invasion of Russia in 1812, which – in its audacity and scale – encapsulates Napoleon’s genius, yet also explains what ultimately led to his downfall. ![]()
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