Armies of the French Revolution and Empire

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The Armies of the French Revolution and Empire were the mass conscripted military forces that, under leaders like Napoleon Bonaparte, transformed warfare in Europe through innovative tactics, national mobilization, and a series of sweeping campaigns across the continent.

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instanceOf historical army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Armée révolutionnaire et impériale française ⓘ
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies ⓘ
basedOn mass conscription ⓘ
component Army of Italy ⓘ
Army of the North ⓘ
Army of the Rhine ⓘ
Grande Armée ⓘ
Imperial Guard ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
War of the First Coalition ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
country France ⓘ
disbandedFollowing defeat of Napoleon in 1815 ⓘ
doctrine merit-based promotion of officers ⓘ
national mobilization for war ⓘ
endTime 1815 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ⓘ
Battle of Jemappes ⓘ
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Marengo ⓘ
Battle of Valmy ⓘ
Battle of Wagram ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
garrisonLocation Paris ⓘ
various European theaters ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ
ideology French Revolutionary ideals ⓘ
French nationalism ⓘ
includedBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
influenced Prussian Army reforms ⓘ
modern conscript armies in Europe ⓘ
operational art in modern warfare ⓘ
notableCommander André Masséna ⓘ
Jean Lannes ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ
Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult

Joachim Murat ⓘ
Lazare Carnot ⓘ
Louis-Alexandre Berthier ⓘ
Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
opponent Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
various European coalitions ⓘ
partOf French First Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

French First Republic ⓘ
recruitmentBasis citizen-soldiers ⓘ
sizeAtPeak over 600000 soldiers ⓘ
startTime 1792 ⓘ
usedConscription Levée en masse ⓘ
usedTactic central position strategy ⓘ
column and line tactics ⓘ
combined arms operations ⓘ
corps system ⓘ
operational maneuver warfare ⓘ

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French Armed Forces → historicalPrecursor → Armies of the French Revolution and Empire ⓘ
Batavian army → appliesDoctrine → French Revolutionary military doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire → alsoKnownAs → Armée révolutionnaire et impériale française ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
Armée de terre → historicalPredecessor → Armies of the First French Republic ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
Army of Observation → partOf → Armies of the French Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert → partOf → Armies of the French First Republic ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the French Revolution and Empire