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Moscow 1812 by Adam Zamoyski is a gripping account of Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia. Drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive research, Zamoyski brings to life the brutal campaign, the devastating effects of the Russian winter, and the ultimate downfall of the French army.
In September 1812, this was the stage for the bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars, which saw huge French and Russian armies, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte and Mikhail Kutuzov, clash over a two-mile front to decide the fate of Moscow and the course of European history.
This 68 page long précis is an excellent, concise summary of the battle and campaign containing all the information essential for the student war-gamer, as its inclusion in the Knight's battles for Wargamers series would indicate.
The Battle of Borodino, fought on September 7, 1812, stands as one of the most significant and devastating military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. As the French army approached the field near the small Russian village of Borodino, about seventy miles west of Moscow, the air was thick with tension and expectation.
Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812 set the stage for a dramatic clash of empires. In Adam Zamoyski's Moscow 1812 , the meticulously researched narrative unveils the complex geopolitical factors and personal ambitions that propelled this historic conflict.
10 lip 2024 · Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and the terrible retreat from Moscow were a military epic and a human tragedy on a colossal scale – history’s first example of total war. But the campaign of 1812 was not just a war on Russia: it was the climax of a long duel between two emperors for supremacy in Europe
Abstract. Moscow’s greatest disaster between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries was the occupation by Napoleon in 1812. Much of the population fled, and the city was looted by Napoleonic soldiers and Russian peasants and was largely destroyed in an enormous firestorm.
