ut the had no choice. With all this power, Napoleon's most hated enemy England, was still untouchable. By the Berlin Decree of November 1806, Napoleon had closed all the ports of the continent against English trade. This became known as the Continental System. Napoleon figured that if he could not beat England in a battle, he would just cut off their supplies and forces them to make a treaty with France. This strategy did not go as planed. In Spain, Napoleon forced King Charles IV to abdicate and set up his brother Joseph as king. The Spanish people rebelled, and an English army landed in Portugal. Napoleon himself took command, but early in 1809 the Austrians again declared war. Napoleon rushed back to France and in May he went to Vienna and on July 5-6 fought at the Battle of Wagram. It was a hard fight, but he won it and peace was again made. Napoleon had wanted a son. Not having produced one, Napoleon divorced Josephine. On March 11, 1810, Napoleon married Marie Louise was daughter of the emperor of Austria. The constitutional system was hurting Russia and Sweden. Finally, Russia started trading with England again. Napoleon gathered an Army of about 500,000 men. In June 1812, Napoleon endeavored on a new campaign. This was one of the worst mistakes he ever made. Napoleon was making the same mistakes he made in Egypt, not satisfied with what he had, he over stepped his limits and tried for the stars. Russia was as stars are, too far to reach,. He was short on supply and ammo, his men suffered horribly, even worse than in Egypt. He lost 250,000 men, essentially wiping out a whole generation of France. Napoleon and his 500,000 men marched into Russia. Napoleon believed that after a few quick victorious battles, he would be able to convince Alexander to return to the Continental System.He decided that if he could take Moscow, the Russian government would crumble and ask for peace. Napoleon would soon learn how wrong he was. At the begin...
