NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL CONTINENTAL SYSTEM INVASION OF RUSSIA PENINSULAR WAR 3 COSTLY MISTAKES NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM Napoleon attempts to block trade between Continental Europe and Britain 1806 Britain reacts with blockade of France Portugal and Russia continue to trade France’s navy suffers defeat Weakened France
BLOCKADE AROUND BRITAIN TO STOP TRADE WITH EUROPE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM: BLOCKADE AROUND BRITAIN TO STOP TRADE WITH EUROPE
PENINSULAR WAR Napoleon sent troops to conquer Portugal 1808 Spain’s peasant fighters used guerrilla warfare Napoleon lost 300,000 soldiers Weakened France Nationalism on rise
PENINSULAR WAR GUERILLA WARFARE
INVASION OF RUSSIA 1812, Napoleon invades Russia (420,000 troops) Scorched-earth policy Famine and harsh winter Napoleon forced to retreat Prussia/Austria attack weakened troops Napoleon returns with 10,000 troops
INVASION OF RUSSIA
NAPOLEON SURRENDERS Austria, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden all declare war on France Napoleon surrenders 1814 Exiled to Elba, island off Italian peninsula
NAPOLEON’S LAST FIGHT Napoleon escapes Elba Returns to France Finally defeated at Waterloo (100 Days) Sent to St. Helena, island in Atlantic off coast Africa Died 1821