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, and on June 18, 1812, the United States is at war with Britain.America enters the war on the side of Napoleon, who marches on Moscow in June of 1812.Napoleon is soon defeated in Russia by the harsh winter, the Russian scorched-earth policy, 2,000 miles of snowy and muddy supply lines and by Napoleon not stopping for the winter and regrouping before marching on Moscow, as was the original battle plan.Of the 450,000 to 600,000 men Napoleon start with, only 180,000 ever make it back.