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  • Berezina 1812: Napoleon’s Hollow Victory

    Berezina 1812 by Mikaberidze, Alexander;

    Napoleon’s Hollow Victory

    Series: Campaign; 383;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Osprey Publishing
    • Date of Publication 22 December 2022
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781472850188
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages96 pages
    • Size 246x184x8 mm
    • Weight 306 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations Colour illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3D diagrams and photographs.
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    Long description:

    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 Armée extricated itself from the clutches of the Russian armies under Kutuzov, Wittgenstein and Chichagov in an epic feat of heroism and masterful tactics.

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    Table of Contents:

    Origins of the Campaign
    Chronology

    OPPOSING COMMANDERS
    French and allied
    Russian

    OPPOSING FORCES
    The Grande Armée
    Russian
    Orders of battle

    OPPOSING PLANS

    Russian strategy
    Napoleon's strategy

    THE CAMPAIGN
    Day one: 26 November 1812
    Day two: 27 November 1812
    Day three: 28 November 1812

    Aftermath
    The Battlefield today
    Bibliography
    Index

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