In 1812 his troops captured Moscow, only to be killed off by the brutal Russian winter.
The goal of capturing Moscow by mid-October could no longer be achieved.
However, this was just one case out of some 40 high-ranking officers being relieved of their command following the failure to capture Moscow.
Despite some military victories, he was unable to capture Moscow.
But although the Russian retreat allowed the French to capture Moscow, they were left depleted and without shelter or supplies.
The object is to capture Moscow and the player is given a timeline between 1941 and 1945 to do so.
Another German army would invade Russia and capture Moscow, ending the war.
Army Group Center had been assigned to capture Moscow.
Napoleon had captured Moscow, but had not destroyed the Red Army.
Poland captures Moscow, just to lose it again to Russian and Swedish troops.