HIS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Congress Of Vienna, Klemens Von Metternich, French Revolution
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Russian campaign: 600,000 french army try to compel tsar alexander of russia to stop trading with britain . Russia retreated did not want to fight napoleon: battle of borodino french won, the only war, french unbeatable, napoleon burned moscow, russia refused to give in to peace treaty, army can"t solve political and social problems . Napoleon"s end: able to raise another army, battle of leipzig aka the battle of the nations . campaign with austria, russia, prussia, french outnumbered and lost . Napoleon exiled to elba: louis xviii is back. Napoleon round 2: hundred days 1815, napoleon escaped elba and rallied france, waterloo defeat (french vs british & prussia, fascinating only for military enthusiasts, napoleon exiled to saint helena where he died.
