1812: Napoleon besucht Moskau
bearbeitet von stokk', Mittwoch, 28.10.2026, 13:01
Ein Video für Militärhistoriker und Logistiker.
Where Napoleon Lost His Army in Russia, Day by Day (1812)
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Kaunas - Moskau ~1000 km (1000/80 = 12,5km/Tag)
Tag 1: 24. Juni 1812: (483000)
Tag 82: 13. September 1812 (Moskau ergibt sich)
Tag 174: 14. Dezember 1812 (70000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVFcMKdxLRk (8:48 min)
Kommentar:
The irony is that if Napoleon had invasion army of around 100k good soldiers instead, Barclay likely would had given him a general battle not far from border, that Napoleon wanted and likely would had won, as he was military genius exactly in chaos of huge battles, potentially opening up Alexander I for negotiations.
Instead, Napoleon amassed a horde so massive that it made any idea of confronting it right at the start just meaningless, so retreating back was the only reasonable option for Russian generals.
Not to mention logistical hell that half a million men got into that this video shows well (this is actually what shows absurdity of war in general, for me — that soldiers die not just in battles "of glory and honour" but on marches and manouevers, often even more than in battles, and that to this day it is expected in military planning that 1-10% of soldiers would just die even if no battles would be fought, in a strategic campaign).
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