How Did Napoleon Become Successful

Napoleon's Russian Campaign, which occurred during the year of 1812 is considered as one of Napoleon's longest and hardest campaigns but also one of his greatest during his lifetime. The French invasion of Russia led to a major turning point in Napoleon’s plans, France’s future, and also changed Europe’s history. Napoleon was to face death by the tens of thousands of the french army week by week during this campaign. This Napoleonic Campaign was just the beginning of defeat that Napoleon was to encounter and would end later at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Even though Napoleon was one of the best military leaders in history, his key blunder was the Russian Campaign, which drastically changed his plans for the future of France and led to further downfalls in his time in power.
This treaty is known today as the Treaty of Tilsit. This treaty prohibited the Russian Empire to trade with England and also obligated the Russians to turn over some land to the France. The blockade of trade to England greatly harsh on the Russian Campaign and affected the economy and life at the time. Alexander believed that if he continued following the treaty it would destroy the economy and decided to renew the trade with England. This led to Napoleon's invasion of the Russian Empire in 1812. This dispute between both of these extremely powerful leaders in Europe began the Russian Campaign and started Napoleon invasion of Russia with 450,000 allied troops. The allied troops combined of people from countries in Italy, the Ottoman Empire, Poland, Spain, Germany, and Prussia. Tsar Alexander used his battle strategy skills and left the French and allied troops stranded with both no food and shelter during the heat of summer and cold of the winter. Even though Napoleon lost some of his men, he will be forever considered as one of the best leaders in the entire