Was it wise for Prussia to take the side of Russia in the Napoleonic Wars?

Answer 1

Kevin04...er, you gotta get some facts straight mate..Russia has been a country since the early 14th century...(thats 1300 CE)..the soviet union was created at the end of the civil war in 1920-sumthing...the soviet union collapsed and it became russia again in the 1990's...Russia's always been their mate... :P

To your question, yes it was wise, no one wanted a french dominated continent, an alliance with russia secured their eastern borders, enabling the German Confederation to fight the French one on one

Answer 2

The Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) of Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden and the United Kingdom against France was formed within months of the collapse of the previous coalition. In July 1806 Napoleon formed the Confederation of the Rhine out of the many tiny German states which constituted the Rhineland and most other parts of Germany. Many of the smaller states were amalgamated into larger electorates, duchies and kingdoms to make the governance of non-Prussian Germany a smoother affair. The largest states were Saxony and Bavaria, both of which had their leaders elevated to the status of kings by Napoleon.

In August the Prussian king, Friedrich Wilhelm III made the decision to go to war independently of any other great power, save the distant Russia. The more sensible course of action would have been to declare war the previous year and join Austria and Russia. This might have contained Napoleon and prevented the Allied disaster at Austerlitz.

Answer 3

Prussia hated Napoleon to the gut, and it's not about who took who's side, Napoleon was way too greedy, he just wouldn't stop, Russia was invaded because it didn't want to go out its way to hurt its economic interest so that Napoleon could maintain the economic war with Britain, Napoleon was also way too sure of himself, at the final stage of his reign, he knew all the great powers were united against him, he just didn't care, he thought he could defeat the whole Europe all by himself, he was wrong, no matter how big a genius you were, you just couldn't take on the whole world. Therefore, if Napoleon couldn't restrain his greediness, sooner or later, he will lose, was it wise for Prussia to take the side of the loser?

Answer 4

In the words of Homer Simpson, what in the hell are you talking about? lol ;)

Here is another statement Homer would say, "Lisa, your cat was already dead after I ran over it."

Someone posted that this war with Russia was in 1800's. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it was called the Soviet Union. Russia didn't come along until the early 1990's.

Answer 5

Yes. If Napoleon had managed to take all of Europe, we would all be speaking French and the Bonapartes might still be ruling. With the Prussians against him, he still nearly won, with one of the most formidable fighting forces in Europe there to help, he might well have won.

Answer 6

russia would have slaughtered prussian troops.they really didnt have much of a army anyway. no navy because no water close by. just ground pounders