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Grande Armee

[ɡʁɑ̃d aʁme]
Also Known As Great Army
Modern

The Grande Armee was the primary field army of Napoleon's French Empire, originally organized in 1804 at Boulogne as the Army of the Ocean Coasts for a planned invasion of Britain, then redesignated for the 1805 campaign that culminated at Austerlitz. Built around Napoleon's corps system, it grew into a genuinely multinational force, reaching roughly 685,000 troops at its peak before the 1812 Russian invasion. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Force Type
Multinational corps-organized field army 1
Founded Year
1804 1
Country
French Empire 1
Force Type
Force Type (category)
Army 1
Connections

Associated With

Canon de 12 Gribeauval, Weapons Systems
Source Wikipedia: Canon de 12 Gribeauval
Corps System, Strategy and Doctrine
Source Wikipedia: Corps
Grand Battery (Massed Artillery Tactic), Strategy and Doctrine
Source Wikipedia: Grand battery

Fought In

Napoleonic Wars, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars
War of the Third Coalition, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Grande Armee

Practices

Corps System, Strategy and Doctrine
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Grande Armee
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The Grande Armée was formed in 1804 from the Armée des côtes de l'Océan (Army of the Ocean Coasts) more commonly referred to as the Armée d'Angleterre (Army of England), a field army of over 100,000 men assembled for Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom.
  • infobox, pronunciation
    [ɡʁɑ̃d aʁme]
  • lead sentence
    The Grande Armée (pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d aʁme]; French for ‘Great Army’)
  • Fought In: War of the Third Coalition, Infobox: size
    600,000 men at peak strength in 1812 (before the invasion of Russia) out of 2,175,335 men conscripted in total from 1805 to 1813 in the broader French Imperial Army
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Wikipedia: Canon de 12 Gribeauval
WikipediaAssociated With: Canon de 12 Gribeauval, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Canon de 12 Gribeauval, Lead section
The greatest use of Gribeauval guns came during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. During the latter wars, the 12-pounder was often employed in corps artillery reserves.
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Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars
WikipediaFought In: Napoleonic WarsView the Source
Wikipedia: Grand battery
WikipediaAssociated With: Grand Battery (Massed Artillery Tactic)View the Source
Wikipedia: Corps
WikipediaAssociated With: Corps System, opening list of formation types
Quote, Associated With: Corps System, opening list of formation types
an operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more divisions, such as the Corps d'armée, later known as I Corps ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's Grande Armée
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