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Napoleon ordered the burning of Moscow in 1812.

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Is it true that Napoleon ordered the burning of Moscow in 1812?

No. Multiple sources attribute the September 1812 Moscow fires to Russian scorched-earth strategy or the city's own populace rather than to Napoleon's orders, and one notes French authorities tried men accused of setting the fires.

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Fire of Moscow (1812) - Wikipedia
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Fire of Moscow (1812) - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_of_Moscow_(1812)

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Napoleon enters Moscow | September 14, 1812 | HISTORY
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Napoleon enters Moscow | September 14, 1812 | HISTORY. (n.d.). history.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-14/napoleon-enters-moscow

The French military trial of the men accused for the fires in Moscow in September 1812: The translation and the analysis of the minutes attached to the 13th Bulletin of the Grande Armée
2025
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Francesco, R. (2025). The French military trial of the men accused for the fires in Moscow in September 1812: The translation and the analysis of the minutes attached to the 13th Bulletin of the Grande Armée. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17139683

THE MARCH ON MOSCOW (Evening Post, 21 September 1934)
1934
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THE MARCH ON MOSCOW (Evening Post, 21 September 1934). (1934). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340921.2.34

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