1796 Napoleon's Italian expedition Napoleon Bonaparte received the supreme command of the French army in Italy. Austria ruled the northern part of the Apennine Peninsula, but Napoleon soon broke up the Austrian army stationed there and gave France control over this important area., 1798 Expedition to Egypt Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, had an anti-British goal. The idea was to cut the Great Britain off from the direct road to India, the most important colonial property of the English, and at the same time from other colonies in Africa and Asia. Napoleon also took 167 scientists to Africa to study the country and its history. He seized Alexandria, won the battle under the pyramids, then entered Cairo and took control of the whole country.However, Napoleon was unable to maintain control of the maritime routes around Egypt, lost the sea battle of Abukir, and his plans were overturned. Ultimately, Bonaparte broke off the expedition and returned to Paris, where he took power over the coup d'état., 1805 Battle of Trafalgar. The combined Spanish-French fleet was defeated by the British at Trafalgar in 1805. After this battle, the English strengthened their rule of the seas. In retaliation, Napoleon soon ordered the Continental Blockade of Great Britain, involving the prohibition of maintaining any commercial contacts with the British. The idea was to destroy the state, economically dependent on foreign markets. The plan was to cover the entire continent with the blockade, which is why Napoleon then seized Portugal and Spain. These areas, however, never became part of Napoleon's empire, being in a state of permanent war until the collapse of the French Empire., 1805 Victory at Austerlitz Napoleon considered the Battle of Austerlitz, fought on 2 December 1805 with the armies commanded by two emperors – of Russia and Austria – to be his greatest victory. It was called the "battle of the three emperors". As a result of this victory, Austria became a country partly dependent on France and ceased to lead the German Reich, which was liquidated. Soon the fate of many German states subordinate to Napoleon was shared by Prussia. The Confederation of the Rhine, subordinate to Napoleon, was formed. France became a powerful power in the western and central part of the continent., 1807 Treaties of Tilsit. In 1807, France and Russia concluded a peace agreement in Tilsit, dividing the European continent into two spheres of influence, and Tsar Alexander I joined the Continental Blockade. However, it turned out that it was impossible to completely cut off the British Isles from the continent. Treaties of Tilsit also involved Polish affairs. It was also there where it was decided to form the Duchy of Warsaw from the lands of most of the Prussian partition., 1812 Moscow expedition Alexander I was reluctant to join the continental blockade. This weakened Russia's prestige as a continental power, as cooperation with France was an obvious consequence of its military failures. Russia's gradual withdrawal from the blockade undermined Napoleon's European interests. That is why in 1812 he undertook an expedition to Russia, summoning a Great Army of 600,000 against it. The French emperor marching towards Moscow waited in vain for the possibility of a general battle and for the campaign to be resolved. He seized Moscow also without a fight, because it was abandoned before the arrival of the French army. This did not weaken the resistance of the Russian side. At last, he was forced to order the retreat in severe winter conditions, during which his army was completely exterminated. The Russian army, in pursuit of dwindling Napoleon's army, seized the Duchy of Warsaw and then freed Prussia from its dependence on France., 1813 Battle of Leipzig After Napoleon's defeat in the Moscow campaign the war moved in 1813 to German territory. After several victorious battles, the French emperor suffered a great defeat in the Great Battle of the Nations at Leipzig on 16-19 October 1813. The Battle of Leipzig was the biggest battle in the history of the Napoleonic Wars. The Polish ally of Napoleon, Prince Józef Poniatowski, was killed during the fighting.,1815 Defeat at Waterloo After a short three-month return to power, Napoleon was finally defeated by an allied coalition in the Battle of Waterloo, in which Britain and Prussia played a major role. After the defeat, he was interned for life on the Saint Helena island.

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