In Leipzig from the 14 to 19 October 1813, 500,000 men gathered to fight in what would be one of the biggest battles in the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon would fight to keep control over Germany and his Empire. The Russians, with heir unthinkable victory of 1812, the Prussians, with their strong hatred towards France, and the Austrians, wanting to erase 15 years of defeats unite against the last Grand Army. French Text