Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te "Grande Armée" i te tau 1804 mai i te "L'Armée des côtes de l'Océan" (Army of the Ocean Coasts), he ope 413,000 hoia i whakahiatohia e Napoleon mo te whakaekenga o Peretana. I muri mai ka tukuna e Napoleon te ope ki Uropi ki te rawhiti ki te whakakore i te whakawehi o Austria me Russia, i uru ki te Tuatoru o nga Kaituku i huihui ki a Parani. I muri mai, ko te ingoa "Grande Armée" i whakamahia mo te ope taua French i whakauruhia ki nga pakanga o 1805 me
1807, i reira i whiwhi ai i tana mana, i te 1809, 1812, me te 1813<unk>14. I roto i te mahi, Heoi, te kupu "Grande Armée" Kei te whakamahia i roto i te reo Ingarihi ki te tohutoro ki te katoa o nga ope maha-motu i kohia e Napoleon i roto i ana pakanga.