Napoleonic Wars

Yaƙe-yaƙe sun samo asali ne daga dakarun siyasa waɗanda suka taso daga juyin juya halin Faransa (1789-1799) da kuma daga yakin juyin juya halin Faransa (1792-1802), kuma ya haifar da lokacin mamayar Faransa a kan Nahiyar Turai.

Matakin farko na yakin ya barke tare da Burtaniya ta shelanta yaki a kan Faransa a ranar 18 ga Mayu 1803, tare da hadin gwiwa na uku. A cikin Disamba 1805, Napoleon ya ci nasara da sojojin Rasha-Austriya a Austerlitz, don haka ya tilasta Austria ta yi zaman lafiya. Damuwa da karuwar ikon Faransa, Prussia ta jagoranci ƙirƙirar haɗin gwiwa na huɗu, wanda ya sake komawa yaƙi a watan Oktoba 1806. Nan da nan Napoleon ya ci Prussians a Jena-Auerstedt da kuma Rasha a Friedland, ya kawo zaman lafiya a nahiyar. Yarjejeniyar ta kasa kawo karshen tashin hankalin, kuma yaki ya sake barkewa a shekara ta 1809, tare da hadin gwiwar kungiyar ta biyar karkashin jagorancin Austrian. Da farko, Austrians sun sami gagarumar nasara a Aspern-Essling, amma an yi nasara da sauri a Wagram.