The 1812 invasion that decimated Napoleon's Grand Armee
In short: Explore the catastrophic consequences of Napoleon's decision to march on Moscow, a campaign that saw a massive force nearly wiped out by the Russian winter.
While the Peninsular War was still ongoing, Napoleon launched an invasion of Russia in 1812. The scale of the loss was unprecedented: of the approximately 500,000 men who crossed the Russian border, fewer than 50,000 survived to return to their homeland.
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