Although Russia played a major part in the way Napoleon fell from power, Britain also played an important part. The British had lots of money, lots! This meant that they could pay for a longer war and defeat the French with the artillery and supplies.
Britain is an island and had a big naval army, another problem posed to Napoleon. Whenever he wanted to take over he had to go through the channel- mainly controlled by the British. Whenever he got the right type of weather and tide, something always brought him away, like Russia or Spain. As a result of not invading Britain he was brought down from three different directions; North, South and East. He couldn’t split his army up and he therefore lost.
The country that had the smallest impact on Napoleon’s fall from power was Spain. When Napoleon invaded Spain, their army and any of the services did not trouble him. It was only when he was over in Russia, did some guerrillas in the area begin to bother his forces stationed there. The guerrillas were like the today’s terrorists, they used small attacks and bombs to destroy nearly all the forces, giving Spain back their country.
Some may say the Spain’s attacks on the French started the fighting, so they should have the credit of Napoleons downfall. I do not agree with this statement because, even if the Spanish did start all the fighting, then what did they do in it, how did they get involved. They have a relatively small army and couldn’t bring down the might of France. It was the British and the Russian army that won the war.
For that reason, I feel that the country that played the biggest role in Napoleons defeat was Russia, but without the help of Britain and its money or Spain and its desire then I think that the win for the Alliance couldn’t have happened.
