The Campaigns of The Napoleonic War
War of the Third Coalition 1805
1805 to 1806 Central Europe, Italy, and Atlantic OceanThe War of the Third Coalition was a European conflict spanning the years 1803 to 1806. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I, defeated an alliance, the Third Coalition, made up of the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Britain and others.
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French invasion of Russia
24 June to 14 December 1812 Russian EmpireThe French invasion of Russia began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. Napoleon hoped to compel Tsar Alexander I of Russia to cease trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. The campaign was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The reputation of Napoleon was severely shaken, and French hegemony in Europe was dramatically weakened.
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Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
20 March to 8 July 1815 France, present-day Belgium, present-day ItalyThe Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII. This set the stage for the last conflict in the Napoleonic Wars.
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