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23 lip 2010 · Pause a moment to ponder the horrific human cost represented by this map: Napoleon entered Russia with 442.000 men, took Moscow with only 100.000 men left, wandered around its abandoned...
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.
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 ...
The Napoleon Series Map Archives provides high quality maps on the various battles, campaigns, and other items of interest on the Napoleonic Wars. These maps are from a variety of sources and about 75% of them are in color.
Introduction: Maps tell time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Napoleon’s Russian campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. About Gerrit Janz Kraak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Minard’s map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. 2 1 .
7 wrz 2021 · Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (24 June 1812 - French invasion of Russia: In June 1812, having amassed a Grande Armée of over 400,000 men, Napoleon crossed the Niemen river into Russia.
This map, drawn by French engineer Charles Joseph Minard, shows Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, three years before the Battle of Waterloo. Click here to see a larger version. The orange and black columns crossing the map show the French Grande Armée on its march to and from Moscow.
