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August 26, 1812 on the 124-km west of Moscow, in a field near the village of Borodino, two great armies fought final preparations for one of the bloodiest battles of the era. A quarter of a million people, more than a thousand guns.
30 paź 2023 · 🎩🇫🇷⚔️ Join us on a journey back to 1812, where one of the most audacious military campaigns in history unfolds – Napoleon Bonaparte's legendary invasion of Russia. This gripping documentary...
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'.
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 ...
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern F...
Although Moscow had had a fire brigade, their equipment had previously either been removed or destroyed on Rostopchin's orders. The flames spread into the Kremlin's arsenal, and was put out by French Guardsmen. The burning of Moscow is reported to have been visible up to 215 km, or 133 miles, away. [21]
1812 'Napoleon's Road to Moscow' is a record of one of history's greatest military disasters. Featuring dramatized reconstructions, period imagery and the latest 3-D computer graphics, the program follows the dramatic course of events, including the Battle Of Bordino and the cruel 'Retreat From Moscow' which claimed over half a million lives.
