Napoleon now found himself 500 miles from friendly territory, outnumbered, poorly supplied, and with winter approaching. What followed was one of the most harrowing and disastrous events in military ...

They started to retreat because they didn't have ... The next day they withdrew, leaving Napoleon proclaiming victory. Moscow was at his mercy, but the Russians refused to make peace.

On June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte launched the most audacious campaign of his career. With the most enormous army ever assembled in Europe, he made the fateful decision to invade Russia.