Deadliest Day of The Napoleonic Wars: Borodino | Animated History



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Bodart, G., (1916). Losses of Life in Modern Wars, Austria-Hungary; France, The Clarendon Press
DROŻDŻ, P., (2003). Borodino 1812, Dom Wydawniczy Bellona
Duffy, C., (1972). Borodino and the war of 1812, Cassell Military Paperbacks
Haythornthwaite, P., (2012). Borodino 1812; Napoleon’s Great Gamble, Osprey Publishing

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  2. 1. Цифры русских войск крайне неверны, всего на европейском направлении их было 220000.
    2. Больше всего французов погибло от партизанских движений, а не от погоды.
    3. Войска формировались не из крестьян, как тут говорится, а из дворян, целью жизни которых было защищать свою родину.
    4. Вы крайне сильно снижаете потенциал и силу русских людей

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  3. The occupation of Moscow by the French lasted a little more than a month, from September 2 (14) to October 8 (20), 1812, and became the turning point of the Patriotic War of 1812. Fires that occurred in Moscow in the period from September 14 to 18, 1812 during the occupation of the city by French troops. The fire engulfed almost the entire Earthen and White cities, as well as large areas on the outskirts of the city, destroying three-quarters of wooden buildings. Historians claim that the Russians burned Moscow to drain Napoleon's army of blood, so that the wintering failed or Napoleon's troops accidentally set a fire before winter. Because of the fire, Napoleon's army had to leave Moscow in the almost cold weather

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  4. Napoleon "wintered in Moscow"? His army left on October 19… I appreciate the human stories and detailed illustrations of these videos, but the commentary can be misleading and the context is often absent.

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  5. Moscow horde´s war record :-
    1856 defeated by Britain and France
    1905 defeated by Japan
    1917 defeated by Germany
    1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states
    1939 defeated by Finland
    1969 defeated by China
    1989 defeated by Afghanistan
    1989 defeated in the Cold War.
    1996 defeated by Chechnya
    2022 defeated by Ukraine
    WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn
    Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :-
    a) Hungary 1956
    b) Czechoslovakia 1968
    c) Moldova 1992
    d) Georgia 2008
    we have been fighting the barbaric orient for the centuries , we Litwins know the drill … "Let us begin with this evident fact: Muscovy does not belong at all to Europe, but to Asia. It follows that judging Muscovy and the Muscovites by our European standards is a mistake to be avoided."—gonzague de reynold, 19501 In methodological terms, one should de-Europeanise any analysis of Muscovy policy.— thomas gomart, 20062 "

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  6. Хочу сказать, что я русский и знаю Бородинское сражение почти наизусть, и я могу сказать, что здесь есть грубая ошибка, так как на одном участке с Наполеоном было 2 армии численностью около 180.000 человек, а у Вас сказано будто больше половины миллиона. Русская армия может в те времена и достигала таких размеров, но силы которые могли оказать сопротивление Наполеону были размером в 180000 человек, именно поэтому 2 армии и отступали из-за такого огромного численного перевеса Наполеоновских войск. Однако я ещё хочу добавить, что на Бородинском поле присутствовало примерно по 150000 человек с обеих сторон

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  7. Even if Napoleon had sent his Old Guard in, the assault would not have been any more successful. The Russian guard sustained all the cannon and cavalry of the French army, the infantry may have been the one to rout them, but the Russian guard were notorious for their refusal to be turned away at any cost.

    Even if the Russian rearguard was routed, here's your issue: Catching the remnants of the army would need breakneck speed with a tired army, and even the Old Guard would be tired after engaging the rear. Everyone knew the casualties would be tremendous, and if Napoleon did indeed throw his Guard into this all, then he wouldn't have made it out of Russia when he was given a persisting chase.

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  8. 3:50 Ney best cavalry commander? Nice try jokes

    more serious, in 1812 the best commander of cavalry is marshall Murat
    Marshall ney is "brave of the brave"

    not for nothing that Davout finds himself on the board : his Corp nicknamed and titled "the 10th legion"

    Berthier and military coordination is genius, but the most important thing is that berthier sends 200 orders. Even the technology that decodes encrypted order cannot decrypt the real order of the 200 letters

    in the french empire only Murat and Lasalles are the super "ace" commander of the cavalry

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  9. Problem is Napoleon was only thinking tactically. Short Term , The French were winning, long term Russians were winning. If only Napoleon focused on Spain instead of going to Moscow I think He could have remained in power a lot longer. Focus on getting Wellington out of the equation.

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