Show Notes
In the sixth and final part of this min-series we follow the remnants of Napoleons Grande Armée as they plod they plod their way, half-starved and half-frozen, back towards safety.
But, up ahead, at a river called the Berezina, three Russian armies were converging from three different directions, and this time there would be no cautious shadowing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Napoleon gets busy on Elba, Alexander finds redemption, the 7th coalition is formed and down in south-east Asia there is a humungous explosion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's episode features a diplomatic game that Napoleon somehow found a way to lose.
It's 1813 - Napoleon is back in Paris and he has put together a new army.
Napoleon had sat in an empty, burned-out Moscow for weeks waiting for a response from Alexander.
Today we are going to see how and why Napoleon reached Moscow so easily