In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest ... most harrowing and disastrous events in military history - the Retreat from Moscow - in which Russian attacks, freezing weather and starvation ...

Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Moscow, in 1812, marked the end of his invasion of Russia. His vast army had made rapid advances, capturing Moscow, but never secured a decisive victory.

On June 24, 1812 ... SOKHOLOV: Napoleon had an army twice the size of the Russians. There were so many that the Russians didn’t dare fight. They started to retreat because they didn't have ...

The military campaign ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow in 1812. Napoleon's Grande Armée (Great Army) of 400,000 men was thought to be unbeatable and he himself had anticipated a rapid ...

It was to be Napoleon Bonapartes greatest adventure ... and the savages of winter snows To this day the infamous retreat from Moscow epitomises the suffering of ordinary soldiers This documentary ...

Volume 2 begins with Napoleon's arrival in Moscow on 14 September 1812. The remainder of the book charts the events of the army's retreat, details the conditions endured and the lives lost in the ...

By 1812, Bonaparte controlled ... doing trade with the rest of Europe. Napoleon gathered an army of 600,000 men to invade Russia and work their way toward Moscow. Napoleon's army was the largest ...