The War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation saw a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of
War of the sixth coalition
Strategic situation in Europe in 1813
The Battle of Hanau by Horace Vernet, 1824. Napoleon defeated a Bavarian force and their Austrian allies under Marshal Wrede at the Battle of Hanau in late October 1813.
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts between the French and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars aga
War of the Sixth Coalition
…engage "Marie-Louises", young conscripts who were barely familiar with military affairs; they were called up from October 1813 to 1815. However, the constant warfare weakened the Coalition nations as well. The Russian military was particularly depleted after 1812, and Prussia also suffered a significant downgrade…