Question

What was the major reason for napoleon's defeat during his invasion of russia in 1812?

Answer 1

his army was weak and they were not serious ly following his commands

Answer 2

Napoleon’s Russian invasion failed due to error some logistics, lack of discipline, sickness and the weather.

Napoleon’s war strategy involved fast concentration of his soldiers in an important enemy location.

This strategy needed the forces as well as the supplies, to move fast.

This strategy had worked earlier in other conquests, but failed in Russia mainly because the environment was not cooperative.

Also, there weren’t effective road networks to ensure fast movement of supplies.