Why did Napoleon march on Moscow? The surrender of Moscow. Briefly
Napoleon's goal was neither to conquer nor to destroy Russia. His primary goal was to force Alexander I to observe the Continental Blockade of Great Britain. And for precisely this reason, he marched on Moscow, its main industrial region.
We'll cover the course of the war in the second part of this acclaimed series.
00:00 Why Napoleon marched on Moscow
01:00 Causes of the war and preceding events
01:35 Balance of power: The Patriotic War
03:00 Napoleon's plan
05:00 What saved the Russian Army
06:30 Kutuzov marches to defeat the French