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10 sie 2021 · A week after the capture of Smolensk, Napoleon decided to push on towards Moscow. In response, the Russian commander General Mikhail Kutuzov drew up some 120,000 Russian troops at Borodino, halting the roughly 130,000 advancing French just west of Moscow.
Part of the French invasion of Russia. Napoleon in burning Moscow by Albrecht Adam, 1841. Date. 14 September – 19 October 1812. Location. Moscow, Moskovsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire. 55°45′N 37°38′E / 55.75°N 37.63°E / 55.75; 37.63. Result. Most of Moscow destroyed by fire, vandalism and looting.
Shows invasion "Route of Napoleon to Moscow" (Königsberg to Moscow) and route of "Retreat from Moscow". Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
26 cze 2024 · 1812: Napoleon launches the invasion of Russia, assembling the Grande Armée, one of the largest forces ever seen in Europe. The campaign initially sees some success but ends disastrously with a devastating retreat from Moscow during the harsh winter.
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.
A new take on an old classic, the Minard map of Napoleon’s tragic march to Moscow is reimagined as a 3D space-time cube. We love the interactive pan, rotate, and zoom options. Time is on the vertical axis, anchored to a basemap that shows the location of cities.
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 ...
