Give me the list of Napoleon's fuck ups in his Russia-1812
In order of, worst or eh.
>>1048308
1. Invading Russia
2. Cancelling his planned aerial invasion of England because the dumb bitch Sophie Blanchard told him it wouldnt work
3. Trusting Grouchy
4. Replacing the Spanish king with his brother
During the opening phases of the invasion Napoleon delagated two somewhat standard but vitally important maneuvers to incompetant people.
his initial plan was to engage the russian army 100,000 strong that had spread itself over a 100 mile front.
In classic napoleonic stratgey he would drive through the center concentrate his power on one half and leave a small but worthy force to engage the other.
When the concentrated power defeated the first half it would turn to beat the other.
He appointed his step-son Eugene de Beauharnais to pin down begrations army.
HIs brother Joseph failed him yet again.
Clauswitz of course argues that Napoleon made no actual mistakes given the information he had. Fate just dealt him a bad hand.
Had his subordinates carried out hteir task the RUssian army would have been forced to engage rather than retreat to the interior of Russia which led to scorched earth, stretched supply trains, and kept Napleon in Russia into october.
1. Alexander I
2. Russian Light Calvary
3. Logistics
>>1050902
Well memed
Actual reasons for Napoleon's defeat:
1. Starvation
2. Typhus
3. Cold
..
9999. The Russian army
>>1048308
First of all not listening to his advisors that pleaded for him not to do it.
>>1050998
>3. Cold
>..
It was actually an extraordinarily warm winter. The frosts came ery late.
>>1051140
>The frosts came ery late
That's why it's in third position
It killed less frog than hunger and disease, but still more than the Russian forces
>>1048308
1. not commiting the FUCKING IMPERIAL GUARD at Borodino, securing a decisive victory and a ending this war before winter.
>>1050998
didn't napoleon coin the phrase "an army marches on it stomach"
how did he fuck up so badly
>>1052406
That is acutually a misattributed quote
>>1052390
The Imperial Guard held together what was left of le grand armee during the retreat.
They also performed great feats in the 1813-14 campaign.
There is no assurance that the Guard would have delivered a blow so severe to the retreating russians, that the Tsar would have surrendered.
>>1048330
>2. Cancelling his planned aerial invasion of England
>aerial invasion
What?
>>1050998
It was actually:
>Jews
>jews
>HEBREWS
>>1048308
His invasion of a friendly Spain was badly timed. Honestly Russia is a bit of a meme, because by making Spain and enemy and not being able to finish off Portugal let the British break through his Continental System
>>1054289
Not him, but balloons had existed since 1783 and the first military balloon was in 1794, so they theorized dropping off troops onto the British isles with use of hot air balloons.
>>1054398
[citation needed]
>>1054557
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon%27s_planned_invasion_of_the_United_Kingdom#French_preparations
>>1054634
>Napoleon also seriously considered using a fleet of troop-carrying balloons as part of his proposed invasion force
well, shit
>>1054096
Especially because Koutousov kept telling the Tsar he won every battle he fought
>>1054380
>this
thank you, finally not a retard that memes over Russia acting like he knows anything about napoleon, really
>>1050998
Did you hear about "fleet in being"?
Russians had "army in being" in this campaign.
That's how the strategy beats the genius of battlefield. Real strategy was too hard for Napoleon.
>>1054745
>"it was all unfortunate events, Napoleons made no strategic mistakes EVER"
ok francoboo lmao
1. russian invasion
2. leclarc expedition
3. spanish ulcer
4. not keeping his bitch ass family away from anything important.
He should have figured out how to navy
