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On 26th August, 1812, two huge armies were doing the last preparations to one of the bloodiest battle of the epoch near the village of Borodino, 124 kilometers away from Moscow. A quarter of ...
The "1812" covers the main events of the war with Napoleon in the summer to the winter of 1812 - the moment when the "great army" invaded the Russian Empire, until the moment when its remnants were driven back.
The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne (1812 - 1813) offer a personal account of his experiences during Napoleon's Russian campaign. As a sergeant in the Imperial Guard, Bourgogne describes the...
22 maj 2024 · After taking Moscow, Napoleon was forced into a brutal and ignominious retreat that saw tens of thousands of his men perish in the freezing Russian winter. Featuring period imagery, dramatised 'eye witness' accounts, expert comment and analysis, and extracts from the Russian film of 'War and Peace'.
1 cze 2020 · Follow Napoleon's harrowing march across Russia in 1812, and witness his doomed campaign from the viewpoint of his soldiers. Napoleon's fateful decisi…
10 sty 2015 · In 1812 Napoleon gathers the largest army of all times, of about 600.000 men from 24 controlled countries to invade Russia. 172 day later they will have to withdraw, 400.000 soldiers either killed or captured.
Witness the intense clash as the Russian and French armies face off in the ultimate battle before the fall of Moscow. Dive into the crucial turning point of ...
