Napoleonic Wars (1803): Imperial peak
[587] [read-napoleonic-5-187] 801 Egyptian expedition made him first a general, then a political necessity. The 18 Brumaire coup (1799) and nd a drain Napoleon never sealed. The 1812 Russian campaign -- Borodino, Moscow, the retreat -- is the operati and mutual distrust reopened the war in 1803. Ulm and Austerlitz (1805), Jena-Auerstedt (1806), and Friedland Valmy (1792) and the levee en masse cre
Valmy (1792) and the levee en masse created a new French war machine. Napoleon's 1796-97 Italian campaign and the 1798-1801 Egyptian expedition made him first a general, then a political necessity. The 18 Brumaire coup (1799) and the 1804 imperial coronation changed the regime without ending the war with Britain.
Amiens (1802) was a pause. Malta, trade, and mutual distrust reopened the war in 1803. Ulm and Austerlitz (1805), Jena-Auerstedt (1806), and Friedland (1807) made Napoleon master of the German lands and imposed Tilsit on Russia. The Continental System tried to blockade Britain by land -- an economic war that created smugglers and enemies.
Spain from 1808 was different: a popular war, a British army under Wellington, and a drain Napoleon never sealed. The 1812 Russian campaign -- Borodino, Moscow, the retreat -- is the operational catastrophe. 1813 in Germany became a war of nations; Sweden, Prussia, Austria and Russia coordinated better than in 1805.
The timeline keeps year, place, and what moved. If “Imperial peak” is the movement, the figure is 1807 and the year is 1803.1803
Figures to keep
- Year of the action
- 1803
- Figure in the record
- 1807
- Action
- Napoleonic Wars
- Line of the front
- Imperial peak
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