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Napoleon

Napoleon expanded his Grande Armée to more than 450,000 men

1812
France

By 1812, advisers to Alexander suggested the possibility of an invasion of the French Empire and the recapture of Poland. On receipt of intelligence reports on Russia's war preparations, Napoleon expanded his Grande Armée to more than 450,000 men.


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