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  Napoleon Defeats Russia: Friedland 1807

  Napoleon Defeats Russia: Friedland 1807

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  Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808

  Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808

  In 1808, Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon's Empire suffered its first major defeat, and though Napoleon himself then arrived in Spain to reassert French military dominan...

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  Napoleon Defeated: Aspern 1809

  Napoleon Defeated: Aspern 1809

  In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at Austerlitz three years before. Archduke Charles led an invasion of France's ally Bavaria, but Napoleon raised fresh troops and transformed the strategic situation in four ...