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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	September 2012
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 / 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 / Battles and campaigns / Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850 / Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare) / Europe / European History / HISTORY / Europe / General / HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other) / Land forces and warfare / Russia / Warfare & defence
ISBN:	9781849086967
EAN-Code:	9781849086967
Verlag:	Bloomsbury
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	#246 - Campaign
Dimensionen:	H 248 mm / B 184 mm / D 8 mm
Gewicht:	305 gr
Seiten:	96
Illustration:	Farb. Abb.
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Inhalt:

A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia. The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia and France, Napoleon assembled a vast Grande Armée drawn from the many states within the French sphere of influence. They crossed the river Neimen and entered Russian territory in June 1812 with the aim of inflicting a sharp defeat on the Tsar's forces and bringing the Russians back into line. In a bloody battle of head-on attacks and desperate counter-attacks in the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812, both sides lost about a third of their men, with the Russians forced to withdraw and abandon Moscow to the French. However, the Grande Armée was harassed by Russian troops all the way back and was destroyed by the retreat. The greatest army Napoleon had ever commanded was reduced to a shadow of frozen, starving fugitives. This title covers the events of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812 in its entirety, with the set-piece battle of Borodino proving the focal point of the book.