Trachenberg Plan Avoids Napoleon Directly

Napoleon’s battlefield reputation grew so fearsome that the anti-French coalition drafted the Trachenberg Plan specifically to avoid facing him directly in combat. Instead of challenging Napoleon in a single decisive battle, the plan instructed allied armies to retreat or maneuver away whenever he personally took command. When he moved to one front, the coalition forces targeted his marshals and generals separately on other fronts, attacking them in isolation.

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