Berezina 1812: Napoleon’s Hollow Victory - Campaign - Alexander Mikaberidze - Bücher - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781472850188 - 22. Dezember 2022
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Berezina 1812: Napoleon’s Hollow Victory - Campaign

Alexander Mikaberidze

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Berezina 1812: Napoleon’s Hollow Victory - Campaign

A superbly illustrated narrative of how Napoleon skilfully extracted his Grande Armee from the clutches of the pursuing Russian armies.

Much has been written about the Battle of the Berezina and the 1812 Russian campaign in general, during which the cold winter devastated the Grande Armée. Historians often praise Napoleon for his actions at the Berezina and attribute his success to a brilliant strategic mind, laying a trap that deceived the Russians and resulted in a remarkable feat in the history of warfare.

Drawing on contemporary sources (letters, diaries, memoirs), and featuring an extensive order of battle, this book recreates in hourly detail one of the great escapes in military history, a story often told with embellishments that require a more critical examination. Although the core of Napoleon's army escaped, tens of thousands were killed in the battle, trampled in the rush for the bridge, drowned in the icy waters of the Berezina, or captured.

Written by an acknowledged expert on the period, and using a broad range of sources from all sides, this title brings to life in stunning visual detail, using maps, battlescene artworks and period illustrations, the events of late November 1812, as Napoleon's retreating, desperate Grand Army extricated itself from the clutches of the Russian armies under Kutuzov-Golenischev, Wittgenstein and Chichagov in an epic feat of heroism and masterful tactics.


96 pages, Colour illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3D diagrams and pho

Medien Bücher     Taschenbuch   (Buch mit Softcover und geklebtem Rücken)
Erscheinungsdatum 22. Dezember 2022
ISBN13 9781472850188
Verlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Seitenanzahl 96
Maße 185 × 247 × 7 mm   ·   308 g
Sprache Englisch  
Illustrator Hook, Mr Adam

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