2007-09-27 11:19:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Basically: winter, extreme cold, no supplies. Period.
Mussolini said that whoever invaded Russia should face three great generals: the general cold, the general distance, and the general mud.
The Russians burned Moscow, and then the army had no supplies. Napoleon had forgotten how harsh the winter was in Russia. His troops were very lightly dressed and were very far away from any supplies
2007-09-27 11:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ludd Zarko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bitter Russian winter which the army was not clothed for.
The Russians carried out a scorched earth policy which meant they destroyed or removed all food supplies and shelter in the path of Napoleon's army.
When they reached Moscow they found it had no resources to sustain them and the Russian roads were too bad to supply them from the west.
The result was that thousands of men died of starvation and cold during the retreat,
2007-09-28 02:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(The weather, the terrain, & Logistics)
Napoleonic Armies were good in living of the land one their ways to battle. The Russians took advantage of their wide land and winter. The Russians burned every city before the French Army's arrival, including Moscow. So, when winter had arrived and French were on their way back they lacked logistics. And there was nothing the wide land could provide!
2007-09-27 19:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by Investor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reasons that many dictators lose, for their short slightness of the enemy determination to survive. Napoleon failed to supply his troops with winter equipment, enough food, He thought to live off the land. Russian troops fought a delaying fight and pulled back slowly until winter was the strongest. Their attack was then against a starved, frozen, and poor morale stressed French army.
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2007-09-27 18:31:14 · answer #4 · answered by spartaworld.combat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm there are a few, one of them being it was a cold Russian winter, and the French didn't take it too well :P
2007-09-27 18:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The weather, lack of supplies were two of the factors.
2007-09-27 18:30:56 · answer #6 · answered by CEO&LittleLeagueMom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly the appalling weather and a lack of food for his troops.
2007-09-27 18:26:43 · answer #7 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really really cold. And the Russians are better suited to their own environment.
2007-09-27 18:27:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋