Did Louis XVI want to defeat the First Coalition?

The French Revolution led to much of Europe going to war in the mid-1790s. Some belligerents wanted to put Louis XVI back on a throne, many had other agendas like gaining territory or, in the case of some in France, creating a French Republic. read more

Thus the First Coalition was formed. France introduced a new levy of hundreds of thousands of men, beginning a French policy of using mass conscription to deploy more of its manpower than the other states could, and remaining on the offensive so that these mass armies could commandeer war material from the territory of their enemies. read more

The First Coalition 1792 to 1797 The principal parties of the first attempt to defeat the French Revolution were Austria and Prussia, the leaders of which - Frederick William II and Leopold II - wanted to restore King Louis XVI to the throne. read more

Glorified unrepresentative Parliament and predicted the French Revolution would lead to much chaos/tyranny. Committee of Public Safety Executive committee established by National Convention that was supposed to supervise the elimination of the "enemies of the revolution", under the leadership of Robespierre. read more