Show Notes
It's 1813 - Napoleon is back in Paris and he has put together a new army.
But... a new coalition has been formed and as the year progresses things start to look increasingly desperate for the French.
Also and as per usual, we will be spending some time observing what was going on in the Caucasus, North America and the Iberian Peninsula plus, this time around, Northern Germany and Denmark will also get a look in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's episode features a diplomatic game that Napoleon somehow found a way to lose.
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.
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