
3.54- The Empire
Revolutions
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's victory at wagram cost his army upwards of 37 thousand casualties. The austrians had to sign an incredibly harsh treaty that stripped them of even more land and force them to now provide support and men for the french armies. Napoleon then made the very unpopular decision to divorce his wife, joseph in, who had yet to bear him a child, and marry the austrian princess marie louise. In march 18 11, she bore napoleon a son, who was promptly made king of rome and heir to the imperial throne. His really real undoing came the following year when he decided that a full blown invasion of russia was in order. If i did it
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