Kupinda kweFrance muRussia muna 1812 kwakachinja zvinhu, uko kwakaderedza mauto eFrance neakabatana nawo (Grande Armée) kusvika pachikamu chiduku chesimba rawo rokutanga uye kwakaita kuti pave nokuchinja kukuru mune zvematongerwe enyika dzeEurope, sezvo kwakaderedza zvikuru nzvimbo yeFrance yaimbova nesimba munyika 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 yaisanganisira 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.