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Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
By Adam ZamoyskiThe most vivid single-volume account in English of the 1812 Russian campaign, the catastrophe that ended Napoleon's grip on Europe. Half a million soldiers crossed the Niemen; fewer than 30,000 fit-for-duty men returned. Zamoyski tells the story without flinching from either the strategic decisions or the human cost.
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📄 656 pages⏱ ~5 hr read📅 2005
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The most vivid single-volume account in English of the 1812 Russian campaign, the catastrophe that ended Napoleon's grip on Europe. Half a million soldiers crossed the Niemen; fewer than 30,000 fit-for-duty men returned. Zamoyski tells the story without flinching from either the strategic decisions or the human cost.
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