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6 paź 2021 · Trilogy in one volume of the following previously published works: 1812 : March on Moscow; 1812 : Napoleon in Moscow, and 1812 : The great retreat. Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-450) and index.
22 mar 2019 · The Frenchman Charles-Joseph Minard’s figurative maps of the French army’s loss during Napoleon’s campaign against Russia in 1812-13 is one of the field’s classics. Research on data visualization. Graphs, charts and colorful maps.
13 lis 2011 · Abstract. A major war between France and Russia, also known under its Russian name of the “Patriotic War” or “Fatherland War” of 1812. Following the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807, relations between France and Russia became increasingly tense.
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized: Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian ...
Few campaigns in the history of warfare have been impacted by poor logistics, weather and the resulting attrition as much as the ill-fated invasion of Russia by Emperor Napoleon in 1812. His troops and their horses succumbed to extremes of heat and cold, incessant marching, illnesses, warfare at close-quarters and brutal guerrilla tactics.
A detailed and thorough treatment of the Russian campaign. Includes excellent and informative tables, not to mention illustrations of tactic of fighting 'in column' which are very useful for those less familiar with such things. Riehn makes good use of German language sources.
7 wrz 2021 · In June 1812, having amassed a Grande Armée of over 400,000 men, Napoleon crossed the Niemen river into Russia. However, the Russians refused to give the French Emperor the decisive battle he desired and instead retreated eastwards into the country’s vast interior. About this map.
