Napoleon's 1814 Campaign: The Defense of France

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Napoleon's 1814 Campaign: The Defense of France

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In early 1814, as the Sixth Coalition closed in on French soil, Napoleon fought one of his most brilliant and desperate campaigns. With a skeleton army of raw recruits and veterans scraped together from the Spanish front, he launched a series of lightning strikes against the numerically superior Allied armies of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Bavaria. This episode follows the Six Days' Campaign — a stunning sequence of victories at Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry, and Vauchamps — where Napoleon repeatedly outmaneuvered the Prussian General Blücher and the Austrian Schwarzenberg. We explore the controversial Treaty of Chaumont, the internal politics of the coalition, and the betrayal of Marmont that led to Napoleon's abdication at Fontainebleau. Along the way, we meet figures like the young Marshal Marmont, the staunch Marshal Augereau, and the Allied commanders who struggled to coordinate against a genius who refused to surrender. Finally, we consider the terms of the Treaty of Fontainebleau that exiled Napoleon to Elba, setting the stage for the Hundred Days. #Napoleon #1814Campaign #SixDaysCampaign #Champaubert #Montmirail #ChâteauThierry #Vauchamps #Marmont #Blücher #Schwarzenberg #TreatyOfChaumont #Fontainebleau #SixthCoalition #FrenchHistory #MilitaryHistory #WarsOfNapoleon #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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