Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kupinda kweFrance muRussia muna 1812 kwakanga kuri chiitiko chinokosha, icho chakaderedza mauto eFrance neakabatana nawo (Grande Armée) kusvika pachikamu chiduku chesimba rawo rokutanga uye chakakonzera kuchinja kukuru mune zvematongerwe enyika zveEurope, sezvo kwakaderedza zvikuru nzvimbo yeFrance yaimbova yakasimba mukondinendi yacho. Pashure pokupinda muRussia kwakaparadza, mubatanidzwa weAustria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, uye nyika dzinoverengeka dzeGermany, uye vapanduki muSpain nePortugal vakabatana kuti varwe neFrance muHondo yeChitanhatu. Varwi vane mamiriyoni maviri nehafu vakarwa muhondo yacho uye nhamba yose yevakafa yakasvika mamiriyoni maviri. Iyi nhambo yaibatanidza hondo dzeSmolensk, Borodino,
Lützen, Bautzen, uye Dresden. Yakanga ichibatanidzawo Hondo huru yeLeipzig muna October, 1813 (inozivikanwawo seHondo yeMarudzi), iyo yakanga iri hondo huru zvikurusa yehondo dzaNapoleon, iyo yakadzinga Napoleon muGermany.